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Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland

Press Coverage

Fife conference explores Scotland's witchcraft trials and plans for a memorial

1 May 2023, Fife Today

Failure to pardon women persecuted as witches in Scotland ‘prolongs misogyny’

23 June 2022, The Guardian

Fife campaigners welcome Church of Scotland apology for its role in capturing and torturing ‘witches’

3 June 2022, The Courier

Campaigners find ‘ideal location’ for national memorial to Scotland's 'witches'

24 March 2022, The Scotsman

Calls for Scotland to pardon witch-hunt victims gather pace

13 March 2022, The Guardian

Street name honours 17-year-old Fife ‘witch’ whose only crime was to be young and pretty

26 February 2022, The Courier

Greenock hairdresser's campaign to win justice for witch hunt victims

22 September 2021, Greenock Telegraph

Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland

6 May 2021, History Scotland

Centuries Later, Will Witches Finally Rest in Peace?

29 March 2021, INJECTION Magazine

Should Scotland’s ‘witches’ be pardoned?: Fife-based group steps up campaign for memorial

6 March 2021, The Courier

Campaign to pardon Scots accused of witchcraft stages second Fife event

5 November 2020, Fife Today

Memorial plaques allow women burnt for witchcraft to rise again

9 September 2020, The Times

Scots witch who confessed to 'sex with devil' honoured by village

7 September 2020, Daily Record

Calls for memorial to Scotland's tortured and executed witches

29 October 2019, The Guardian

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