Every year thousands of people globally are wrongly accused of witchcraft, often with fatal consequences yet, says new research, legislation designed to stamp out the barbaric practices is rarely used.
Anti-witchcraft laws fail to prevent thousands of annual accusations and deaths, according to report
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