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17 Jan 10
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A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged.
One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits.
Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son.
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Crossing Continents Uganda: Battling the Witch-Doctors is on Radio 4 on Thursday 7 January 2010 at 1102 GMT
Listen or watch again via the BBC iPlayer
The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly.
In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners.
The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice.
He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth.
[b]"They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits
A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged.
One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits.
Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son.
FIND OUT MORE...
Crossing Continents Uganda: Battling the Witch-Doctors is on Radio 4 on Thursday 7 January 2010 at 1102 GMT
Listen or watch again via the BBC iPlayer
The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly.
In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners.
The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice.
He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth.
[b]"They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits
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rather like the doctor in the uk as mentioned in the Sunday quality papers today!
Too much diamorphine and too many Fentanyl patches!
Too much diamorphine and too many Fentanyl patches!
Uganda's Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo believes that "to punish retrospectively would cause a problem... if we can persuade Ugandans to change, that is much better than going back into the past."
This t*t should be kicked out immediately...
This t*t should be kicked out immediately...
^ It's like Northern Ireland. Draw a line under the past and start again with a cultural change.
Yeah but Cleveland is under uk law and culture or not, they shoulnt be doing it.
tony blair and george bush killed how many?
over a million.
over a million.
Saddam Hussein and his evil regime's fault........you don't let a bully in a playground keep beating up all the younger kids.....you do something...
Yeah, you shout 'KNIFE!!!!' then shoot him and a few bystanders in the face.
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