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Parliament has
passed the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2022 which among other things seeks
to prevent attacks on alleged witches.
The private
member’s bill sponsored by the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier
Sosu and four other MPs is to prohibit any persons from operating as a witch
doctor or a witchfinder.
The law also
proscribes the declaration, accusation, naming or labelling of another person
as a witch.
Many women
particularly in the northern part of the country have been murdered or attacked
over accusations of witchcraft.
In the year
2020, 89-year-old Akua Denteh in Kafaba was lynched following witchcraft
allegations levelled against her. Her attackers were later arrested, prosecuted
and jailed.
The passage of
the bill aims at preventing such attacks.
The Speaker of
Parliament, Alban Bagbin said “The Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2022 is
read the 3rd time and passed”.
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