Case file · Witch trials
Rescue of a girl accused of sorcery
In November 2017 a young girl accused of causing a relative's illness was abducted and tortured for five days in the highlands before being rescued; she was later identified as Kepari Leniata's daughter.
2017 CE · -5.47, 143.70 · status: official
The account
Activist Ruth Kissam adopted the girl in 2018. The PNG Tribal Foundation, with which Kissam works, reports rescuing more than 150 accused women since 2013.
The sceptical view
A documented human-rights case; it shows how accusations pass across generations in families already targeted.