Amnesty calls on Gambia to stop “witchcraft” campaign
London, 17 March-(ANA)-Amnesty International has revealed that up to 1,000 people in The Gambia have been kidnapped from their villages by “witch doctors”, taken to secret detention centres and forced to drink hallucinogenic concoctions.
The incidents are occurring in the context of a “witch- hunting campaign” that is spreading terror throughout the country, Amnesty said.
It called on The Gambian government to put an immediate stop to the campaign, investigate the incidents and bring those responsible to justice.(ANA)
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