Papua New Guinea: Fears for women accused of ‘sorcery’

Index Number: ASA 34/001/2013
Date Published: 12 April 2013
Categories: Papua New Guinea

A seriously injured woman and her two daughters are being held in Papua New Guinea by a group that accuses them of practising “sorcery”. There are grave fears for their safety following the beheading of a woman last week after she was also accused of “sorcery”. The response from the police has so far been seriously inadequate.