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By Dr Bomai D Witne SORCERY or witchcraft accusations and accusations related violence existed in many countries for many centuries. Sorcery is a belief that some people in a particular community possess supernatural powers to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes to the community and witchcraft is a belief that refers to the use of some forms of supernatural powers and materials to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes in the community. Beliefs of sorcery or witchcraft continue to lead to accusations and violence in many communities around the world. I use the word sorcery and sorcery accusations related violence (SARV) in this article to refer to different forms of violence related to sorcery beliefs and inflicted on individuals accused of practicing sorcery or witchcraft. Papua New Guinea needs a combination of locally relevant approaches to address and prevent SARV. The peacebuilding strategies and responses to SARV by the Yuri people of Chimbu Province provide insights into the way that indigenous knowledge systems can be harnessed in community responses to SARV. In Europe, SARV ended in the eighteenth century due to improved laws and law enforcement, education, science and rapid socioeconomic, cultural, political, and religious development. However, in many post-colonial countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, sorcery beliefs have also been part of the worldview of the people. Contemporary circumstances such as illness, deaths and misfortunes in the community have been interpreted in the context of sorcery beliefs, and in many instances, resulted in accusations and violence. For example, some farming Ngamiland people of Tanzania, accused old women of using sorcery powers to cause draught and killed them. The Maluku people of Indonesia accused political rivals or competitors of using sorcery to make opponents sick or die. They used both modern medicines and the services of local diviners, who were believed to possess powers to heal victims of sorcery. These are only two of many documented examples of SARV. They only just begun to hint at the complexity of the problem of SARV. The instances of SARV have increased in many countries. The United Nations Human Rights Commission now recognises SARV as an ‘egregious violence’ that required the states, civil society organisations, scholars, practitioners and all levels of national communities to develop nationally and locally appropriate ways to address it. PNG is one of many nations to take up the challenge of developing a national response to SARV. There is also interest and support for understanding local responses to SARV in a linguistically and culturally diverse country such as PNG, with diverse beliefs and ritual of supernatural powers, sorcery, and SARV require multiple responses in recognition of the diverse context and the challenges of addressing SARV in PNG. This article focuses on how the Yuri people addressed SARV. The Yuri people are comprised of more than 13 clans based in scattered villages along the Kubor Range, in the central highlands of Chimbu Province in PNG. The Yuri people’s responses to SARV offers a unique perspective that can inform national and global conversations of SARV when viewed through the lenses of Indigenous Knowledge, local transrational peacebuilding, social relationships, and restorative justice. This framing of Yuri responses to SARV follows the lead of Melanesian cultural authorities, who have observed that people in different communities, like the Malaita people of Solomon Islands, were knowledgeable and able to find solutions to their problems and adapt new knowledge in changing circumstances. Peace studies scholars pointed out that the different experiences, knowledge, and skills that are possessed by people in a community offer potential for bridging different knowledge systems to arrive at ‘transrational’ peace. This is one of a number of important concepts from peace studies that also help to foreground the importance of social relationships and the culture of mutual caring and sharing for others as the foundation for peacebuilding and restorative justice. Peace studies research has also established that the desire for peace and safety within communities can be built and maintained through collective discussions and consensus. It creates agency for men, women, youth, community leaders and all members of the community who participate in conversations and engage in activities to advance their own wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of others and the community. In an endeavour to create a safe and peaceful community, SARV must be assessed with the view to identify and address underlying causes. In the context of Yuri, every Yuri person was already embedded in Yuri social relations and peace-building initiatives since 2013. My role was to organise my clan group for peacebuilding and people from other clans did the same. We came together to publicly denounce all forms of violence and establish peace in the community. The actions and support of the community was expressed through the cultural activities such as singing, dancing, hosting tribal youth camp, peace walks, participating in sports, inter Christian worship and spreading message of peace and unity. This local initiative was to understand the importance of a peaceful society based on unbreakable social harmony and relationships to address and prevent SARV which was helpful to Yuri as well as people working to end SARV in national and international contexts. Dr Witne has recently completed a PhD by publication under the Australia Awards Scholarship at the Queensland University of Technology. The title of his thesis is Understanding Indigenous responses to sorcery accusation related violence: Peacebuilding by the Yuri people of Papua New Guinea. He is a lecturer in Political Science and PNG National History in the Division of Social Science at the University of Goroka. Dr Witne shares part of his PhD thesis.
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House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz ethics reportEven with access to blockbuster obesity drugs, some people don't lose weightTWIN FALLS — Four state legislators from Twin Falls have formed a new group called Idaho DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). The name references social media entrepreneur Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. "We decided that Idaho needs to have the same thing because there's a lot of waste and not a whole lot of accountability," state Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld, R-Twin Falls, told the Times-News on Friday. The group is made up of eight Republican legislators, six of whom were just elected to their first term in the Legislature. The four members from Twin Falls are Zuiderveld, state Senator-elect Joshua Kohl, state Representative-elect Clint Hostetler and state Representative-elect David Leavitt. The four other members are state Sen. Christy Zito of Hammett and state representatives-elect Kent Marmon of Caldwell, Lucas Cayler of Caldwell and Faye Thompson of McCall. Zuiderveld said she speaks to Zito quite often, and they both visited with the other members who joined Idaho DOGE. She said the intent behind the group is not to get Musk's attention but to expose corruption in Idaho. Zuiderveld said she set up the X account @DOGE_Idaho and email address dogeidaho@gmail.com to encourage Idahoans to send in tips. Image from Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld's Substack "Once we put that information out, we have all received probably 500-plus emails from people just wanting to share things that they want us to look into," Zuiderveld said. "The community — the citizens have really gotten behind this idea." Kohl, in an email to the Times-News on Friday, stated the government has grown too large, and he questions if it has gotten more useful. He said the group plans to work with legislators and the executive branch to implement the best of the citizen-based recommendations. "We are not interested in getting attention from Musk and Ramaswamy but instead our focus is entirely on hearing from Idaho citizens and their ideas for how we can improve government efficiency," Kohl wrote in an email. Zuiderveld said she expects the group to grow during the 2025 legislative session and is open to any legislators who want to fight for their constituents and taxpayers. She has begun to follow through on its mission. Zuiderveld On Nov. 26, Zuiderveld issued a press release calling for accountability in an alleged misappropriation of public funds by Idaho State University and Bannock County. She referred to an Idaho Freedom Foundation investigation that allegedly found the university and county misappropriated $850,000 in state funding for the East Idaho Forensic Pathology Center project. "I want my constituents and Idahoans to know that I'm there fighting for them and working for them and trying to make sure we're good stewards of their tax dollars," Zuiderveld said. The Associated Press reported Nov. 12 that President-elect Donald Trump tapped Musk and Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, but that it won't actually be a government agency. The AP reported that the two co-chairs would work outside the government and offer advice to the White House and would therefore not be required to disclose their assets or divest from any entanglements. Sean Dolan writes about education and politics for the Times-News . Reach him at 208-735-3213 or email him at sean.dolan@magicvalley.com . Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Education/Political Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.
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