Today I wish to commend the hard work of Anton Lutz and his team in Enga, where the spike in witchcraft killings has been most horrific, and where his long and reliable presence has helped create a push-back in some communities....Good luck at this meeting everyone. As far away and inscrutable as these killings may seem, make no mistake that these are also a feminist issue---and women are finally standing up against them. Hurrah. Nancy Sullivan Witchcraft killings in Papua New Guinea to be condemned at community meeting January 15,2015, 05:00 pm PNG community leaders have organised a meeting in a remote part of Enga province, in an attempt to stop the killing of people accused of witchcraft. Church and community leaders from Papua New Guinea have organised a meeting this weekend with locals from the Hewa language area, in a remote part of Enga province, in an attempt to stop the killing of people accused of witchcraft. A group of nine people from the nearby Wanakipa settlement, decided to hold the discussions after four women were accused of sorcery. However, the witch finder or glass-man who made the claims has since retracted them and said she was pressured to make the allegations. A Lutheran missionary in the Highlands, Anton Lutz who has helped organise the meeting, told Pacific Beat the meeting would hopefully encourage people to come to the realisation that killing alleged witches was wrong. He said organisers hoped the talks would culminate with a ceremony where arrows used to kill alleged witches would be broken. It would involve breaking the arrows, which are being used to kill people, and giving a gift of arrows to the other group of arrows that are used to hunt animals for food, he said. So giving up a way of accusations of murder, in favour of a life of peace. Mr Lutz said the witch finder who retracted the accusations she made against four women has agreed to be filmed saying she was wrong and this will be used at the community forum. She is willing and ready to take back her accusations and tell everyone openly how she was pressured into making those accusations and that they are in fact baseless and have no grounds whatsoever, he said. So she is going to be making that statement on camera, and we are going to show that to the community where she made the accusations.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:52:00 +0000
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