Magic accusations endangered hundreds of “physical attacks or even death” in Ghana, says Amnesty.

Amnesty International said on Monday that hundreds of people suspected of Sahar in Ghana, especially older women, are facing fatal human rights violations including killing.

In 2023, the Ghanaian parliament passed a bill, making it a criminal crime to declare, accuse, naming or naming a person as a witch, but the draft law has not yet been registered.

“The accusations, which can lead to threats, physical attacks, or even death, usually begin within the family or between members of society after a tragic event such as illness or death,” He said pardon.

He added: “The older women who live in poverty, with health conditions or disabilities in greater danger, as well as women who do not comply with the roles of stereotypes. In some cases, the defendants depend on their claims about a bad dream of someone,” he added.

The report said that the majority of the victims are “important individuals, especially the older women”, in the regions of the northern and northeastern regions of the country.

Belief in magic is still common in many rural societies along the West Africa coast, including Ghana, and other places on the continent. Earlier this year, there were two men in Zambia He was accused of practicing magic And owning magic aimed at harming the country’s president.

People accused of magic are usually exiled from their household areas, and in Ghana asking a shelter in the camps run by traditional priests “where they remain until they die or accept a family member or another society.”

Amnesty said that Ghana did not do enough to protect the victims, stressing the need for an awareness campaign in the weak areas.

He also said that the government failed to “ensure access to adequate food, safe housing and clean water” for people living in these camps.

“The authorities must issue legislation specifically to criminalize magic accusations and ritual attacks, including preventive measures for potential victims,” ​​said Jenviv Partentton, Rural Director of Amnesty International in Ghana.

Partington is also a member of the coalition against magic accusations, an association that was established after the execution of a 90 -year -old woman in July 2020 in northern Ghana.

Similar attacks occur in other parts of Africa.

Eight women were blamed for the death of two sick boys in Guinea -Bissau last year, who had to drink poison and died.

Also last year, two women in the sixties were publicly burned and their bodies were burned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to the death of many people.

This is a reflection of how “we deal with the elderly,” said Liu Igoy, the founder of the non -profit invitation in Nigeria for the alleged magicians, to Agence France -Presse.

“It also highlighted issues such as sex and poverty,” said Samo.

Faith in Magic It is also common in some rural societies in Angola, despite a strong opposition from the Church in the former Catholic colony of Portuguese. Last year, the police said About 50 people died In Angola, after forcing him to drink a herbal dose to prove that they are not a witch.

During the 2009 trip to Angola, Pope Benedict urged Catholics Shawn magic and magic.