A national Scottish news broadcaster's direct report on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's formal apology, delivered to mark International Women's Day on 8 March 2022, to the estimated 4,000 people accused under the Witchcraft Act 1563, most of them women, describing their treatment as an egregious historic injustice.
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Reliability TierA reputable national news broadcaster's direct, dated report on an official statement, the same reliability class as this axis's other contemporaneous news coverage of institutional statements. NotesContemporaneous national news reporting of an official government statement made to the Scottish Parliament; carried here for the date, the office making the apology and its own wording, cross-checked against multiple outlets' contemporaneous coverage of the same statement. 1 Citation
Publication Year URLhttps://news.stv.tv/scotland/nicola-sturgeon-issues-formal-apology-to-thousands-of-people-in-scotland-accused-of-witchcraft-in-scotland 1 Sources
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- Religious Events, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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