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Unspeakable acts

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By PNG Echo. I spent last weekend, peering into Nietzsche’s abyss – not somewhere I’m happy to dwell but, sometimes, something so unspeakable happens that it’s necessary because lives depend upon us knowing what resides in that abyss. Sometimes we can’t and shouldn’t just look away. A human tragedy with inhuman consequences It all started when revered Papua New Guinean businessman and philanthropist, Jacob Luke, left his house in  Lakolam village, province of Enga, in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and never returned. His dead body was found sometime later in the surrounding bush. As I write, there has Continue reading Unspeakable acts→

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A petition to demand that the PNG Gov addresses violence against women

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Sign the petition:  Enough was enough long ago: when the violence is extended to include little girls of six-years-old being tortured by groups of men, we cannot let this continue and call ourselves human.   “We the Papua New Guinea Community and the International Community are united in this call to action. We demand the PNG Government takes immediate and sustained action to prevent and protect women and children from torture, murder and all acts of violence and human rights abuses. The latest victim is just six (6) years old. Last week in PNG, in an act of extreme depravity, Continue reading A petition to demand that the PNG Gov addresses violence against women→

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