Magic & Murder: Investigation Into Sorcery Related Infanticide In The African Republic Of Benin

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People & Power: Magic & Murder

Last Modified: Nov 25 2010 05:06 EST

The killing of so-called child witches is a practice that continues in the African republic of Benin.

While murder is of course illegal in the country, making the allegations of witchcraft that lead to the deaths of children is not.

Changing the law is not something easily achieved in Benin where the belief in sorcery is all pervasive and often seen as fundamental to the country's heritage and national identity.

Charles Stratford and cameraman Fadi el-Benni with a disturbing report.

HD Version: http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/peopleandpower/2010/11/20101124904788709.html

YouTube Version (with various options of resolution): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8PNxuhDS8

I wonder what the UN thinks of this?

Benin just got a vote passed in the UN to remove the execution of "sexual minorities" from the UN Resolution Condemning Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, as detailed her in Lars' OP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9628083">United Nations: It's Okay to Kill the Gay