Papua New Guinea observes World Day Against Witchcraft and Sorcery Accusation vaticannews.va
For many people, accusations of witchcraft and sorcery are echoes of a history long gone. But for others, it is still a very real threat.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has acknowledged that beliefs relating bad things that happen to people considered witches is still a reality in “numerous countries around the world.” As a result, human rights are violated. The OHCHR lists some repercussions suffered by people accused of witchcraft as “beatings, banishment, cutting of body parts, and amputation of limbs, torture and murder.” People particularly at risk are “women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities particularly persons with albinism.” …
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