Good Guys: PNG Says Sorry for Violence Against Women
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has apologised for the violence faced by women in his country and pledged a crackdown on perpetrators including a return to the death penalty.
More than 1000 people - mostly women - gathered in Port Moresby’s Sir John Guise Stadium for a national day of mourning, or “haus krai”, over violence against women in Papua New Guinea.
PNG has been rocked in recent months by a series of internationally condemned attacks on women - including the burning murder of a young mother, the beheading of a former teacher and the pack rape of an American academic.
“Your government says sorry,” Mr O’Neill said.