{"id":4222,"date":"2019-06-05T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2019-06-05T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T14:00:39","slug":"jamaica-moving-to-legalize-obeah-a-practice-banned-for-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/05\/jamaica-moving-to-legalize-obeah-a-practice-banned-for-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica moving to legalize obeah, a practice banned for centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Jamaica observer-Lawmakers yesterday blocked a proposed increase in fines for persons practicing obeah; this amid revelations that plans are afoot to legalize the practice in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Obeah has been illegal here for centuries, but it is still widely practiced, and law enforcers often turn a blind eye to obeah practitioners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"FlKlCuuL\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px20px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" both=\"clear:both\" left=\"text-align:left\" _300px=\"width:_300px\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1554043141894-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CLDF2bK_0uICFcJ7wQodrTcNvA\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:transparent;\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/76557622\/JamaicaBeacon_0__container__\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0ptnone; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck, in the House of Representatives yesterday, June 4, expressed surprise that the Obeah Act still exists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LIPUqpbm\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px20px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" both=\"clear:both\" left=\"text-align:left\" _300px=\"width:_300px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:7px0px1em; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:transparent; display:block; max-width:100%;\">\u201cI thought it was repealed, only to find out that it is still the law,\u201d he told the House, adding that there was a Cabinet submission from as far back as 1975 to have the law scrapped. <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">\u201cIt is still there,\u201d Church chuckled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">\u201cWe are hoping to repeal the Obeah Act. We will be taking to Cabinet shortly a revised Cabinet submission to have it repealed.\u201d<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Chuck, yesterday, also led a successful bid to have obeah removed from a list of offences likely to attract higher fines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Under the Law Reform (Amendment of Penalties) Act, the proposed increases for obeah-related offences would have been from $100 to $1 million, and from $40 to $500,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Lawmakers unanimously supported the proposed increases for all offences listed \u2013 except obeah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">Member of Parliament for Clarendon Central, Mike Henry, told the House why he does not support penalties for obeah, and why he will back future plans to have it legalized.<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing:inherit; margin:0px0px17px; padding:0px; border:0px; outline:0px; vertical-align:baseline; background:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:\" sourcesansprosans-serif=\"sourcesansprosans-serif\" _20px=\"font-size:_20px\" normal=\"white-space:normal\" _400=\"font-weight:_400\" _2text-indent0px=\"orphans:_2text-indent0px\" none=\"text-transform:none\" _2=\"widows:_2\" _0px=\"_-webkit-text-stroke-width:_0px\" initial=\"text-decoration-color:initial\" left=\"text-align:left\">\u201cYou can\u2019t deny me my African religious rights\u2026 Obeah should never have been illegal at any point, anytime, anywhere,\u201d he asserted, adding: \u201cI can\u2019t agree to increase the penalties to my religious rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica observer-Lawmakers yesterday blocked a proposed increase in fines for persons practicing obeah; this amid revelations that plans are afoot to legalize the practice in Jamaica. Obeah has been illegal here for centuries, but it is still widely practiced, and law enforcers often turn a blind eye to obeah practitioners. Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-regional-and-international-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jamaica moving to legalize obeah, a practice banned for centuries - Asberth News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/05\/jamaica-moving-to-legalize-obeah-a-practice-banned-for-centuries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jamaica moving to legalize obeah, a practice banned for centuries - Asberth News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jamaica observer-Lawmakers yesterday blocked a proposed increase in fines for persons practicing obeah; this amid revelations that plans are afoot to legalize the practice in Jamaica. 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