India: Widow Branded as Witch, Thrashed

12th of November: A 39-year-old widow was allegedly thrashed brutally by her in-laws, who branded her as a witch in Bhinar village of Vansada taluka in Navsari district. The woman was branded witch as her sister-in-law’s husband suffered from diabetes and her husband died after prolonged illness in early 2012. Read more here.