International Women’s Day last year, its aims were to secure a legal pardon, an apology and a national monument for the thousands of people – mostly women – that were convicted of witchcraft and executed in Scotland between 1563 and 1736.
The campaign has captured the public’s imagination with 3470 women – and men – signing a petition over the past year that is being passed on to the
Scottish Parliament for consideration after the Holyrood elections.
In March, in the first government move of its kind, the Scottish Government responded to the submission by acknowledging historic injustice against women, stating: “There are clearly similarities between the injustices of those convicted in a discriminatory manner for same-sex sexual activity and the injustices of women classed as witches many centuries ago which could justify legislative steps being taken in this area”.
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