Last month, he vowed to repeal the 1971 Sorcery Act, which criminalized the practice of sorcery and recognized the accusation of sorcery as a defense in murder cases.
I spoke of sorcery and I'm not joking.
Where moonlike faces emerge, a bit of sorcery is implied.
Grimoire traditionally means a textbook of sorcery or magic.
Mr. O'Neill, responding on Thursday to a question from a reporter about that killing, pledged to repeal the 1971 Sorcery Act, which criminalizes the practice of sorcery and recognizes the accusation of sorcery as a defense in murder cases.
Human rights groups say the 1971 law, which criminalizes sorcery and recognizes the accusation of sorcery as a defense in murder cases, contributes to the violence.
Death or disease in the family is often taken as evidence of sorcery.
According to Amnesty International, violence against those accused of sorcery is endemic in Papua New Guinea.
Cultural critics complain about "macabre scenes full of sorcery" in the films.
ON SEPTEMBER 19th Abdul Hamid al-Fakki, a Sudanese, was executed in Saudi Arabia for the crime of "sorcery".
