I understand this documentary showing some of the children directly affected
by accusations of "witchcraft" in Nigeria is available online at
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/4od from yesterday
until about mid-December1 The content includes some
difficult-to-watch examples of abuse as well as some more positive
stories. You can also check out this link http://richarddawkins.net/articles/4647
Or http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-43/ep...

A friend who attended a screening of the documentary sent this message:

Tonight I attended a screening of the documentary "Return to Africa's Witch Children" at the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre in London.
It was not an easy film to watch. We were shown results of extreme maltreatment of children; some beaten, some burned by acid or boiling water. We also witnessed the sight of abandoned children and of children ostracised. shunned and expelled from their families and communities. Their staring eyes of incomprehension haunt me as I write.

Leo Igwe was shown reporting on what had happened during the disruption of the conference he had organised with Stepping Stones Nigeria. The Nigerian Humanist Movement was briefly acknowledged.
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