Papua New Guinea

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Women and girls suffered from widespread physical and sexual violence and those responsible were not brought to justice.

Papua New Guinea must not restart executions - 14 July 2009

The Papua New Guinea government should abolish the death penalty instead of putting it back into effect, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint

Increasing sorcery-related killings in Papua New Guinea - 11 February 2009

Over 50 people were killed after literal witch hunts in 2008. Further killings related to allegations of sorcery have happened already this year.

Papua New Guinea: Authorities must act now to prevent more witch hunts - 10 February 2009


The government of Papua New Guinea must act now to end a rash of more than 50 killings related to allegations of sorcery, Amnesty International said today.
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There were high levels of violent crime across the country. The police continued to enjoy impunity for human rights violations.