An Anti-Witchcraft Bill, to protect people accused of witchcraft will be put before stakeholders soon. This is to build up support and gather consensus prior to placing it before Parliament.
This comes on the heels of abuses that alleged witches go through in camps, stigmatization they face in communities and the health issues affecting them.
This was disclosed by the Director General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Prof Amin Alhassan during a Sub-Regional Roundtable with Senior Media Professionals and Editors in Accra.
Engaging participants on the topic; “Media response to Conflict, Migration and Minority Rights: Perspectives on Community livelihoods” Prof Alhassan said the Bill being championed by Member of Parliament for Wa East, Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw through the Private Member’s Bill would protect the rights of alleged witches, restore dignity and their health.
He reiterated the role of Journalists in helping to protect the rights of minorities who are mostly poor, by giving them a voice to help address their plight.
The event brought together 30 Media Practitioners from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Nigeria to build their capacity on raising awareness on conflict prevention, minority groups, migrants and internally displaced persons among others.
The engagement with Senior Media Practitioners forms part of a two-year project dubbed ‘Engaging Media and Minorities to Act for Peacebuilding, EMMAP, funded by the European Union.
The event in Ghana was in collaboration with Media Platform on Environment and Climate Change, MPEC.
