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Accusations of sorcery made by “diviners” often leads to violence against women.

Govt agency, group conduct awareness

Govt quiet on sorcery

Monica fled her home in Papua New Guinea after being accused of killing her father with witchcraft.

Monica fled her home in Papua New Guinea after being accused of killing her father with witchcraft.

Jesten Jessy was bedridden with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 during the pandemic.

28 May 2021, 01:01 UTC Since it was founded in 1961, Amnesty International has been empowering people like you to take action for a better world. This is a snapshot of what you have made possible.   “Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government. The newspaper reader feels a sickening sense of impotence. Yet if these feelin...

We also note the proliferation of local initiatives by individuals, community groups, churches and NGOs aimed at tackling different aspects of GBV in different parts of PNG, often entailing innovative and socially attuned forms of intervention. Many of the official efforts at national level rightly focus on improving state-based institutions, such as the legal system and key agencies like the police. These areas are critical as the legal system often fails to protect victims and the police are ...

In the United States and other Western nations, children are often taught about the Salem witch trials that saw 19 men and women executed by hanging for practicing witchcraft. These trials fell out of favor as society developed, but that’s not the case in other parts of the world. Across much of sub-Saharan Africa and other places, the hunting and purging of witches and practitioners of the dark arts continues. Not only is it a pervasive problem, but the scale of these operations has only wor...