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Ian Neubauer

Papua New Guinea fails to end ‘evil’ of sorcery-related violence

Papua New Guinea continues to see cases of women accused of sorcery and subjected to brutal torture [Courtesy of Dickson Tanda]

Reports of machete-wielding men slashing innocent bystanders, arson attacks, sexual violence against girls, and the displacement of thousands of people during last month’s election in Papua New Guinea have drawn international condemnation.

But an even more insidious form of violence continues to plague the country: sorcery-accusation-related violence (SARV), the public torture and murder of women accused of witchcraft.

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