PNG to act on 'sorcery murders'

I was astonished when I found out about the woman in Papua New Guinea who was tortured and burnt to death by hundreds of people blamed of sorcery and the authorities "couldn't" intervene. PNG authorities said that they will work hard to reinforce laws that are against murders blamed on sorcery but my question is, is that really going to work?

According to authorities, about 50 people have been killed accused of witchcraft in the past year. I believe that this is one of those cases in which people want to "take action" and it only gets worse. No one has the right to kill/murder or harm anyone regardless of that person’s beliefs, practices, and culture. If we want to believe in witches and all that kind of stuff, it is fine, but it doesn't give us the authority to go and murder someone who is presumed to be a "witch". It is very sad that in this case, people are taking action but they are taking action in harming other people who regardless of being "witches" or not, are still human beings and should not be treated like that. This is very interesting because I wonder if authorities are really trying to reinforce laws against cases like this or are just letting it slide and ignoring the issue.

What is even worse is that most of these people accused of sorcery turn out to be innocent. The Church has been trying to help but it has only gotten worse. Let's hope that this gets solved quickly before more innocent people die and citizens of Papua New Guinea keep thinking that they have the right to kill others using "excuses" such as sorcery.

This is the link to the article. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7825511.stm 

There are a few more articles on this on this same page.