The annual celebration of the Amasiekumor festival in the Niger Delta region aims at preserving Ijaw cultural heritage and has nothing to do with human sacrifice whatsoever, the organizers have said.

to death for the murder of her infant daughter in 2021—a crime committed as a supposed "human sacrifice" to rid herself of ‘sarpa dosham,' an astrological affliction believed to bring misfortune.

constantly suggesting human sacrifices. He is portrayed as even more evil than Spanish invader Cortes. Indigenous woman Chel is highly sexualized in a stereotypical way and attempts to seduce Miguel ...

Some 500 years ago, the Chimú in what is now Peru ritually killed hundreds of their young in the largest mass child sacrifice events ... dogs—were finding human bones sticking out of the ...

Ball courts in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital (in what is now Mexico ... At least some of the games saw human sacrifice. The losing players—or unlucky stand-ins captured in battle—could ...

Military courts: The front line of Uganda’s war on dissent Used to prosecuting civilians, Uganda’s military courts help entrench repression ahead of the 2026 elections.

For example, certain forms of Puritanism rejected many forms of art and beauty; some ancient religions demanded human sacrifice; some religions practice ritual sexual perversion; and some ...