KATHMANDU: On the occasion of international Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal jointly launched a one-minute television clip highlighting violence against women alleged of practicing witchcraft.

A joint press release stated that a large number of women victims, alleged to be practicing witchcraft mostly in Tarai were tortured brutally.

The television clip would be aired for a month beginning today.