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Herald work on witchcraft wins human rights prize

Lucy Adams, the Herald's chief reporter, has won an international journalism award for her work about the struggles of Ghanaian women who are accused of witchcraft.

The stigma of an accusation of witchcraft can stay with a woman for life (photo Jane Hahn, Action Aid)

Her winning article was originally published in the Herald Magazine. It won praise from the judging panel, whose report said: "In this unusual but inspired piece, Lucy Adams leads readers to peer into a murky world of traditional valued, where the barbaric torture and murder of those said to be practicing the occult remain commonplace."