http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2900986.eceAids victims 'buried alive' in Papua New Guinea
HIV-positive people in Papua New Guinea are being buried alive, a health worker has claimed.
Margaret Marabe, who spent five months working on an HIV/Aids awareness programme in the remote Southern Highlands, said she had seen five people being buried alive by relatives, who feared becoming infected. One boy called out "Mama, Mama" as soil was shovelled on his head, said Ms Marabe, who works for a volunteer organisation called Igat Hope, pidgin English for "I've got hope".
Women in PNG, where many people retain ancient beliefs in the supernatural, have reportedly been blamed for causing the disease. Mobs have attacked women believed to be witches, and tortured or murdered them. According to some reports, 500 such attacks have been carried out in the past year.
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