I've only heard a limited amount of information on the BBC world service on the happenings in Gambia. It was just strange enough for me to do a mental double take. Over 1,000 people were round up by witchdoctors and security guards and forced to take hallucinogens. They are then beaten and accused of being witches in some sort of torture/confession scenario. (I thought everyone knew that torture doesn't work. Torture is sooooo last year.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/5012406/1000-witches-arrested-and-drugged-by-witch-doctors-in-Gambia.html
It seems like such an tragic oddity to be happening in modern times.
They couldn't just beat them and accuse them of witchcraft, they had to dose them with hallucinogens first? WTf. I can't believe the fucked up stuff happening in Gambia.
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't just beat them and accuse them of witchcraft, they had to dose them with hallucinogens first? WTf. I can't believe the fucked up stuff happening in Gambia.
ReplyDelete