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When a woman was accused of using witchcraft to kill a young boy, his father and the village tribesmen gathered to torture her. By the end of the day, she was dead. Experts warns more such killings are likely as the COVID death toll grows. ....
Violence related to sorcery accusations is an increasing problem in Papua New Guinea. Photo: 123RF WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers may find upsetting. When a young boy died suddenly in Tatape Village in Papua New Guinea s (PNG) highlands, his relatives said dark forces were at work. Four women were accused of using sanguma - a local term for sorcery or witchcraft - to kill the child. Sergeant Daniel Olabe from the Hela Police Command alleges the boy s father and others led their tribesmen to where the women were selling baked flour in a local market. Eventually they got one of the ladies… and tortured her, he said. ....
Fears of COVID-19 'time bomb' in PNG as unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder - 26-Jun-2021 nzcity.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzcity.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender Based Violence (GBV) led by Member for Alotau, Charles Abel conducted a first-of-its-kind public hearing this week in Port Moresby. ....
Women’s rights Despite Papua New Guinea ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1995,[2] Papua New Guinea still remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman or girl,[3] highlighting the government’s failure to implement effective policies to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and discrimination. During the 2015 UPR, Papua New Guinea supported 49 recommendations on women’s rights, including to “ensure access to adequate shelter, psychosocial, legal, and health-care services for survivors of domestic violence, including in rural areas” (104.124),[4] and “to adopt measures that all cases of violence against women, including sorcery-related and sexual violence are duly investigated and the perpetrators prosecuted and punished” (104.115)[5]. Papua New Guinea supported the recommendation to fully implement the Family Protection Act 2003 (104.99) (see, 104.100, 104.101, 104.132, 10 ....