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Ghana's MPs Urged to Pass Anti-Witchcraft Accusation Bill Now

Survivors of witchcraft accusations in Ghana have urged Parliament to urgently pass the Anti-Witchcraft Accusation Bill to protect vulnerable women from stigma, abuse, and banishment.

The survivors said many continue to live under harsh and degrading conditions in camps, with little or no access to health care, education, and livelihoods. They said that legal intervention remained the only way to restore their dignity and secure their future.

Parliament had previously passed the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2023, but it lapsed without presidential assent.

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Amnesty International

Women accused of witchcraft have no safe place to run to other than camps overseen by religious leaders in the northern and north-east regions of Ghana, which are now more than a century old.

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