There has been some executions of witches in the XXth century.

When the dictatorship of Duvallier falls in Haïti after more than twenty years of brutal treatments, many “tonton macoutes” were accused of witchcraft and executed by the population.

There has been also some executions in Pietersburg (South Africa) in 1985, and in 1984 among the Tepehuanes tribes in Mexico.

In the Telangana region of India, villagers have lately burnt or stoned to death several people suspected of practising ‘Banamati’, a local form of witchcraft, and held responsible for the death and ill-health of several villagers.

Traditionally, local people would remove the teeth of suspected witches in the belief that it would take away their powers. A recent survey by sociologists in Ranga Reddy district and other areas revealed that several factors including illiteracy and lack of medical awareness had contributed to the problem.