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Advocacy against witch-hunts, Press Releases 2017

OHCHR Experts propose action to end accusations of witchcraft and witch-hunts

Oct 6, 2017Oct 6, 2017adminLeave a comment

The United Nations Human Rights Council hosted the very first two day workshop on witchcraft-related human rights violations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21 and 22 September. The workshop brought together over a hundred U.N. experts, academics and members of civil society from
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CRL Commission ignores minorities

Aug 21, 2017Sep 30, 2017adminLeave a comment

In a recently published article – Pagans and Christians oppose CRL commission’s ‘state capture’ of religion – CRL Commission chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva is reported to have stated: “The participants in the hearings were part of a random sample. Only religions which were broadly represented
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Press Releases 2017, Your Rights

Religion and education: what the OGOD judgement means

Jun 29, 2017adminLeave a comment

On June 28 the South Gauteng High Court delivered its long anticipated judgement on religion and education in public schools. In Organisasie vir Godsdienste-Onderrig en Demokrasie v Laerskool Randhart and Others, Judge van der Linde, affirmed the principles of religious diversity and
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Press Releases 2017, Your Rights

Witchcraft is a constitutionally protected religion in South Africa

Jun 22, 2017adminLeave a comment

Recently published articles concerning the revision of Canada’s Criminal Code on the prohibition of Witchcraft in that country has elicited numerous calls by South African Witches to legalise Witchcraft in South Africa. Many Pagans and Witches remain under the impression that the
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Press Releases 2017

SAPRA Report: South African Pagan Council 2017 Annual General Meeting

Jun 22, 2017Jun 22, 2017adminLeave a comment

South African Pagan Council 2017 Annual General MeetingReport by the South African Pagan Rights Alliance (SAPRA)(SAPRA is an affiliated member of the Pagan Council) 2017 SAPRA Director’s Report Over the last 23 years, SAPRA has demonstrated its capacity and proficiency in human
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Advocacy against witch-hunts, Press Releases 2017

2017 Advocacy against witchcraft accusations and witch-hunts

Mar 28, 2017Mar 28, 2017adminLeave a comment

. Advocacy against human rights abuses committed as a result of accusations of witchcraft and violent witch-hunts The ’30 days of advocacy against witch-hunts campaign’ was launched in March 2008 under the banner of Touchstone Advocacy, in response to ongoing accusations of witchcraft and
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Press Releases 2017

SAPRA Annual General Meeting 2017

Mar 11, 2017Jun 22, 2017adminLeave a comment

2017 Director’s Report The future of the South African Pagan Rights Alliance SAPRA, a community-based organization, was formed in 2004 as a faith-based (Pagan) human rights activist alliance. In recent years, SAPRA has assumed the mantle of a formal non-governmental organization, and
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