Arusha – About 3 000 people suspected of witchcraft, mainly old women, were lynched in Tanzania from 2005 to 2011, a leading local rights group said on Tuesday.”Between 2005 and 2011 around 3 000 people were lynched by frightened neighbours who thought they were witches,” the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said in a report.
“On average 500 people… particularly old women with red eyes, are killed every year in Tanzania because they are suspected of being witches,” the report said.
The provinces hardest hit are Mwanza and Shinyanga in the north of the country, LHRC said.
“In Shinyanga province for example 242 people were killed because of local beliefs in witchcraft between January 2010 and January 2011 alone,” it said.
The rights group explained that red eyes are feared as a sign of witchcraft, even if they in fact often result from the use of cow dung as cooking fuel in impoverished communities. The centre said that many local people believe that witchcraft is behind every misfortune from infertility and poverty to failure in business, famine and earthquakes.
Quick Solution: don't give birth to Female!
Posted: at 31-05-2012 01:34 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
Arusha – About 3 000 people suspected of witchcraft, mainly old women, were lynched in Tanzania from 2005 to 2011, a leading local rights group said on Tuesday.”Between 2005 and 2011 around 3 000 people were lynched by frightened neighbours who thought they were witches,” the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said in a report.
“On average 500 people… particularly old women with red eyes, are killed every year in Tanzania because they are suspected of being witches,” the report said.
The provinces hardest hit are Mwanza and Shinyanga in the north of the country, LHRC said.
???have you gone to school and have faith? any faith.
“In Shinyanga province for example 242 people were killed because of local beliefs in witchcraft between January 2010 and January 2011 alone,” it said.
The rights group explained that red eyes are feared as a sign of witchcraft, even if they in fact often result from the use of cow dung as cooking fuel in impoverished communities. The centre said that many local people believe that witchcraft is behind every misfortune from infertility and poverty to failure in business, famine and earthquakes.
Quick Solution: don't give birth to Female!
Posted: at 31-05-2012 10:27 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
CammyWhite at 31-05-2012 10:38 AM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: dejiroony on 31-05-2012 01:34 AM
Arusha – About 3 000 people suspected of witchcraft, mainly old women, were lynched in Tanzania from 2005 to 2011, a leading local rights group said on Tuesday.”Between 2005 and 2011 around 3 000 people were lynched by frightened neighbours who thought they were witches,” the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said in a report.
“On average 500 people… particularly old women with red eyes, are killed every year in Tanzania because they are suspected of being witches,” the report said.
The provinces hardest hit are Mwanza and Shinyanga in the north of the country, LHRC said.
“In Shinyanga province for example 242 people were killed because of local beliefs in witchcraft between January 2010 and January 2011 alone,” it said.
The rights group explained that red eyes are feared as a sign of witchcraft, even if they in fact often result from the use of cow dung as cooking fuel in impoverished communities. The centre said that many local people believe that witchcraft is behind every misfortune from infertility and poverty to failure in business, famine and earthquakes.
Quick Solution: don't give birth to Female!
NO, THE SOLUTION IS TO STOP BELIEVING IN WITCHES! THEY DON'T EXIST!!
Posted: at 31-05-2012 10:38 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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