…then the crowd watched as they burned her alive.
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.
