Comments on: Witchcraft Alarmists Will Face Prosecution http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2009/05/07/witchcraft-alarmists-will-face-prosecution/ Ghanaian news: Sports, Business, Politics, Entertainment Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Voice of East Timor http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2009/05/07/witchcraft-alarmists-will-face-prosecution/comment-page-1/#comment-8088 Voice of East Timor Fri, 08 May 2009 23:11:09 +0000 http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2009/05/07/witchcraft-alarmists-will-face-prosecution/#comment-8088 ETLJ 2009 6 Witchcraft and Murder in East Timor - In staunchly Catholic East Timor, it is anomalous that there persists a strong belief in witchcraft. In September, 2000, this first came to focus the attention of the judicial system when four men were tried for allegedly torturing and killing an elderly woman accused of witchcraft. The facts of that case came to light in the court in Baucau, East Timor's second largest city. A 62-year-old woman was murdered in the easternmost region of Los Palos in December, 1999. According to the prosecution, the woman was tortured and left for dead by four men after having been accused of killing children by witchcraft. In January, 2008, three women accused of being witches were killed and burned along with their house in East Timor. The three women, aged 70, 50 and about 25, were killed in Liquica, about 40km west of the capital Dili. They were Bui-dau, 70, Flora, 50, and another (unidentified) woman about 25 years old. They had been accused of being witches and were attacked by unknown people. Full article at http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org/ARTICLES/2009/Witchcraft_and_Murder_in_East_Timor_Warren_L_Wright.html ETLJ 2009 6 Witchcraft and Murder in East Timor – In staunchly Catholic East Timor, it is anomalous that there persists a strong belief in witchcraft. In September, 2000, this first came to focus the attention of the judicial system when four men were tried for allegedly torturing and killing an elderly woman accused of witchcraft.

The facts of that case came to light in the court in Baucau, East Timor’s second largest city. A 62-year-old woman was murdered in the easternmost region of Los Palos in December, 1999. According to the prosecution, the woman was tortured and left for dead by four men after having been accused of killing children by witchcraft.

In January, 2008, three women accused of being witches were killed and burned along with their house in East Timor. The three women, aged 70, 50 and about 25, were killed in Liquica, about 40km west of the capital Dili. They were Bui-dau, 70, Flora, 50, and another (unidentified) woman about 25 years old. They had been accused of being witches and were attacked by unknown people.

Full article at http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org/ARTICLES/2009/Witchcraft_and_Murder_in_East_Timor_Warren_L_Wright.html

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