One of the most pressing is whether or not the death penalty should still remain a legal punishment for crimes in PNG. In February 2020, PNG’s then deputy prime minister, justice minister and attorney ...

The members of the ACPM will soon be appointed by the National Executive Council (NEC) – PNG’s cabinet – in developments that have significant consequences for prisoners on death row, some of whom ...

The PNG government has approved the carrying out of death sentences following an outcry over recent violent crimes, including gang rapes and the beheading and burning of women accused of ...

PNG's parliament will debate the death penalty later this month, but human rights groups and N-G-Os say it's the wrong solution to a complex problem Stefan Armbruster reports. (Click on the audio ...

Former PNG correspondent Shane McLeod explains why her death has had an impact back here in Australia. SHANE MCLEOD: You wouldn't really call Sik Kambaua a matriarch - she was more of a minder.

The last person put to death in PNG was a man called Aro in 1957, 18 years before PNG gained independence from Australia. The last known execution in the pacific region was in Tonga in 1982 ...

Lawmakers have also approved legislation allowing the death penalty to be applied to aggravated rape - gang-rape, the use of a weapon, or rape of a child - and armed robbery, PNG's The National ...

"Black magic" and cannibalism sometimes occur in PNG, a sprawling and poor nation where many people do not accept natural causes as an explanation for misfortune, illness, accidents or death.

Changes to PNG laws will prevent people who commit violent acts from using sorcery as a defence.Credit: Brendan Esposito It also vowed to extend the long-dormant death penalty to cover rape ...

PORT MORESBY • Papua New Guinea (PNG) security services called for calm yesterday as incidents of rioting and looting followed the death of a beloved former prime minister. Police Minister ...

Port Moresby police have flagged further possible arrests over the death of Iranian asylum-seeker ... head wounds and at least 69 wounded, PNG police confirmed two former centre workers had ...