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General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2020

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Witchcraft is a myth, it doesn't exist - Advocacy for Alleged Witches

Advocacy for Alleged Witches Advocacy for Alleged Witches

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches, AFAW, has said described the concept of witchcraft as a myth because witches do not exist.

Speaking to PM News, the leader of the group, Leo Igwe, spoke against the killing of women and children on the allegation of witchcraft by describing the act as barbaric.

According to him, witchcraft and all sorts of harm believed to have been caused through occult means are based on hearsay and misinformation, panic and anxieties, fear and superstition.

“AFAW uses a secular, humanist, skeptical and human rights approach to examine witchcraft narratives and address related abuses. Our campaign is founded on the principles that witchcraft is a myth and an imaginary crime which no one commits.

“It is founded in the principles that attributions or causing harm through occult means are based on hearsay and misinformation, panic and anxieties, fear and superstition.

“Witch persecution, killings and trials are forms of human rights abuses that should not be tolerated in the name of religion, culture or tradition. I urge all Africans as well as none Africans, including all Africans in the diaspora to join efforts with us to achieve this important objective,” Igwe said.