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Vexatious litigation and Namah:

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Vexatious litigation is legal action that is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary.  Filing vexatious litigation is considered an abuse of the judicial process. By PNG Echo Opposition leader, Belden Namah, through his lawyer, Alois Jerewai, yesterday made an application to the court (Sakora J) to vary the conditions of a consent order made on 20 January in the court of Justice Cathy Davani that protected all parties to the proceedings from arrest until the court case was decided. It’s the latest salvo in a case that has little to do with justice and Continue reading Vexatious litigation and Namah:→

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…then the crowd watched as they burned her alive.

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By PNG Echo It’s funny what gets etched into memory and what gets forgotten – I remember that today, February 6, is the birthday of the now adult twin boys of my childhood friend, whom I have not seen for decades. Today is also the anniversary of the brutal slaying of Kepari Leniata – and I had forgotten. Yet it was just one short year ago that this young mother, from Papua New Guinea was accused of witchcraft and publicly burned alive. How she suffered is unimaginable. After many hours of torture, with the perpetrators committing unspeakable acts of sexual violence Continue reading …then the crowd watched as they burned her alive.→

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