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Breaking the Curse: Sorcery Accusations and Power in the Pacific

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Holly Otto | South Pacific FellowImage sourced from Jialing Gao via Wikimedia Commons.In a landmark ruling in Papua New Guinea (PNG), a man was sentenced to five years in prison for accusing 39-year-old Lorna Nico of sorcery, which directly led to the mother of five’s brutal murder. While absent during her killing, the man’s role as a glasman – a self-proclaimed expert in identifying sorcerers – saw him convicted under PNG’s Glasman Act 2022. Th…
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youngausint broke the news in on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
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