One of our favorite holidays is coming up. Halloween. The time to dress your kiddies up and take them around for candy. A time for horror movies and a time to reacquaint our selves with creatures and all that. One of those things is witches but this post isn't about Halloween. This post is about a video that went viral. 4 women were accused of being witches in Papua New Guinea. These women were stripped naked, tied up, burned, and beaten because one boy fell ill.
The accusation said that these four women 'invisibly' took out the man's heart and later put it back in his body after they were tortured. In the mob's eyes this made them guilty. A PNG Source, involved in rescues of victims of sorcery-related violence, claimed that there was no way for these women to prove there innocence. Once a person is suspected the person is done for, either claim they have there just going to be tortured and possibly killed.
One of the women begged, pleaded for her innocence stating "I am a mother of 5 children" The woman of ill boy just yelled burn her. It hasn't been confirmed but reported that one of the women died after the ordeal. This isn't the first instance that these people have done this it's numerous.
The PNG Government in response to the violence acts has created a National Action Plan against Sorcery Accusation Violence. The only thing left to do is to implement it effectively and as soon as possible by everybody that is concerned. Due to this Action Plan however it has cause an increase in anger among the Papua New Guineans because the attackers are going unpunished.
The PNG claims, “There’s no logic going on in the matter … To try to talk logically, even to students, doesn’t really get you very far. They say, we have evidence and you ask what kind of evidence and they say it’s invisible evidence you can’t see it"
Take in remembrance that this video was taken by a smartphone because they were participants in this violent act. This video was made to brag about the beatings and burning. This video was to have proof of the actions that are being taken against these women.
Now I don't plan to show you guys the images or the video on this blog but you can check it out on the Daily News website. Here's the link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3285922/Shocking-moment-four-women-accused-witchcraft-stripped-naked-tortured-burned-gang-Papua-New-Guinea-village.html?ito=social-facebook
My question to ponder on this matter:
Do you think they did this to protect their loved ones because there scared?
Do you feel this is the right thing for these people to do?
Do you think it's right that people like high school students should be supporting this?
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