Start prosecuting sorcery torturers in Papua New Guinea, PM tells cops

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Start prosecuting sorcery torturers in Papua New Guinea, PM tells cops

PORT MORESBY: Prime Minister James Marape wants police to stop asking for extra allowance to deal with Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sorcery Accusation-Related Violence (SARV).

“Instead, start prosecuting those who torture women and girls nationwide. The implementing agencies must issue the law that has been passed, “the fines are there for the agencies to use”.

Details of what Marape said in Parliament were published by The National:


Stop asking for allowance: PM

March 2, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
PRIME Minister James Marape wants police to stop asking for extra allowance to deal with gender-based violence (GBV) and sorcery accusation-related violence (Sarv).
“Instead, start prosecuting those who torture women and girls nationwide,” he said.
Marape said the implementing agencies must issue the law that has been passed, “the fines are there for the agencies to use”.
“Parliament has ensured that the law is strong and that the men who abuse our women and girls should face the full brunt of the law,” he said.
“This is why we have increased the penalties.
“In other countries, their laws are strong.
“Parliament is showing the responsibility of increasing the penalties for crimes committed against women and girls.”
Parliament was reminded of the three-year brutal torture of a seven-year-old girl who had her bones broken, her lips burnt and her genitals mutilated by her aunt.
Parliamentary committee against gender-based violence and Alotau MP Charles Abel said despite the massive evidence against the aunt and her arrest, the woman was freed.
Abel said from the stories received by the committee, the torture of the girl showed that GBV and Sarv were now inflicting children aged 12 and lower.
Abel said: “The involvement of ‘glasman and glasmeri’ have been reported.
“We relied on research and analysis that shows clearly ‘glasman and glasmeri’ were involved in 29 pe rcent of the cases reported.”
Committee deputy chairman Allen Bird said 200 individuals had been rescued over the years.

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