China Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Rights group: 1,000 seized in Gambian witch hunt Authorities in Gambia have rounded up about 1,000 people and forced them to drink hallucinogens in a witch-hunting campaign that is terrorizing the tiny West African nation, an international rights group said Wednesday. Amnesty International called on the government of President Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a 1994 coup and has claimed he can cure AIDS, to halt the campaign and bring those responsible to justice. Gambian officials could not immediately be reached for comment and the government has issued no statements in reaction to the report. Authorities began inviting "witch doctors," who combat witches, to come from nearby Guinea soon after the death earlier this year of the president's aunt. Jammeh "reportedly believes that witchcraft was used in her death," the London-based rights group said. Since then, "witch doctors" — accompanied by police, soldiers, intelligence agents and Jammeh's personal guards — have forcibly taken about 1,000 alleged witches from their villages and spirited them to secret locations, Amnesty said. About 300 of them were taken to Jammeh's personal farm in his native Kanilai, east of the capital, the group said. Most victims were held for three to five days and all are believed to have been released, Amnesty spokeswoman Eliane Drakopoulos told The Associated Press. But many have been terrorized by the campaign and fear it could spread, she said. Victims are being "forced to drink unknown substances that cause them to hallucinate and behave erratically," the rights group said in a statement. "Many are then forced to confess to being a witch. In some cases, they are also severely beaten, almost to the point of death." Click on the link for the full article Witch Doctor Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Dammit, this is going on NOW? I've always wanted to take part in a witch hunt. I'm booking my flight immediately. Hopefully they won't catch them all before I get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Burn 'er!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Q: Why do witches burn? A: Because they're made of wood? Q:. Good. Does wood sink in water? A: No, it floats. Q. What else floats in water? A: Berries? Very small rocks? Q: No, no, no. A: A duck! Q: Goooood. So... A: If she weighs the same as a duck..... A witch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TimmySmith Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 We can only hope they got them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 exactly... classic scene from a classic movie. Person who weighs the same as a duck = witch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I know a lot of ****es that could use burning. stupid ****es... oh wait, WITCHES!!! my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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