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Birubala Rabha, Who Helped Pass Assam's Anti-Witch Hunting Law, Dies At 75
Padma Shri awardee Birubala Rabha, renowned for her fight against witch hunting, passed away at a hospital here on Monday after a long battle with cancer, doctors said.
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Assam Woman Killed, Hanged From Tree Over Witchcraft Fears: Cops
A 45-year-old Adivasi woman was killed by a mob who suspected her of practicing witchcraft in Assam. The police suspect the woman was first killed and then her body was hanged from a tree.
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Assam Mob Kills 50-Year-Old Man In Alleged "Witch-Hunt", 5 Arrested: Cops
A 50-year-old man was brutally beaten to death by villagers in Assam apparently on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. Five accused have been arrested in the case so far, police sources added.
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9 More Arrested In Assam For Killing Of Two Over Witchcraft Fears
The Assam police today arrested nine more people for killing two persons on September 30 on suspicion of practising witchcraft.
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11 Arrested In Assam Over Suspected Witch-Hunting Case
Two days after two people were killed by a mob in a Rohimapur, a remote village under Dokmoka police station of Karbi Anglong district in Assam after local residents suspected them of practicing witchcraft, till now 11 people have been arrested and a massive manhunt is on to nab the others, police sources said.
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President Ram Nath Kovind Gives Nod To Assam's Anti-Witch Hunting Bill
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the AssamWitch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015, converting it to an Act, almost three years after it was passed by the state Assembly.
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Over 1,700 Women Killed In Assam Due To Rape, Dowry, Witch-Hunting From 2006 To 2018
Deaths of 1,773 women have been reported in Assam due to rape, dowry and witch-hunt since 2006 till March 23 this year, the state government told the Assembly on Tuesday.
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Elderly Woman Labelled Witch, Beheaded by Mob in Assam Village
A 63-year-old woman was stripped naked and beheaded by a mob of nearly 200 people in Bhimajuli village of Assam's Sonitpur district today.
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Assam Woman Allegedly Branded 'Witch', 'Punished' by Villagers
A middle-aged woman was allegedly branded a witch and attacked in her village on the outskirts of Guwahati in Assam last week. Though the woman was not killed after some other villagers intervened, the incident has once again brought into focus the issue of witch hunting in Assam, and across the country.
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Birubala Rabha, Who Helped Pass Assam's Anti-Witch Hunting Law, Dies At 75
Padma Shri awardee Birubala Rabha, renowned for her fight against witch hunting, passed away at a hospital here on Monday after a long battle with cancer, doctors said.
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Assam Woman Killed, Hanged From Tree Over Witchcraft Fears: Cops
A 45-year-old Adivasi woman was killed by a mob who suspected her of practicing witchcraft in Assam. The police suspect the woman was first killed and then her body was hanged from a tree.
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Assam Mob Kills 50-Year-Old Man In Alleged "Witch-Hunt", 5 Arrested: Cops
A 50-year-old man was brutally beaten to death by villagers in Assam apparently on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. Five accused have been arrested in the case so far, police sources added.
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9 More Arrested In Assam For Killing Of Two Over Witchcraft Fears
The Assam police today arrested nine more people for killing two persons on September 30 on suspicion of practising witchcraft.
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11 Arrested In Assam Over Suspected Witch-Hunting Case
Two days after two people were killed by a mob in a Rohimapur, a remote village under Dokmoka police station of Karbi Anglong district in Assam after local residents suspected them of practicing witchcraft, till now 11 people have been arrested and a massive manhunt is on to nab the others, police sources said.
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President Ram Nath Kovind Gives Nod To Assam's Anti-Witch Hunting Bill
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the AssamWitch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015, converting it to an Act, almost three years after it was passed by the state Assembly.
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Over 1,700 Women Killed In Assam Due To Rape, Dowry, Witch-Hunting From 2006 To 2018
Deaths of 1,773 women have been reported in Assam due to rape, dowry and witch-hunt since 2006 till March 23 this year, the state government told the Assembly on Tuesday.
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Elderly Woman Labelled Witch, Beheaded by Mob in Assam Village
A 63-year-old woman was stripped naked and beheaded by a mob of nearly 200 people in Bhimajuli village of Assam's Sonitpur district today.
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Assam Woman Allegedly Branded 'Witch', 'Punished' by Villagers
A middle-aged woman was allegedly branded a witch and attacked in her village on the outskirts of Guwahati in Assam last week. Though the woman was not killed after some other villagers intervened, the incident has once again brought into focus the issue of witch hunting in Assam, and across the country.
