Le Journal de la Photographie
Banil Yalomba (16) came to the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby after having been sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. A day after they separated, her former partner came to her parents’ house and dragged Banil to a bush area, threatening her with a knife. There he beat her and raped her. Bani...
Banil Yalomba (16) came to the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby after having been sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. A day after they separated, her former partner came to her parents’ house and dragged Banil to a bush area, threatening her with a knife. There he beat her and raped her. Bani...

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Banil Yalomba (16) came to the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby after having been sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. A day after they separated, her former partner came to her parents’ house and dragged Banil to a bush area, threatening her with a knife. There he beat her and raped her. Bani...
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Helena Michael (40), mother of seven children. On December 27th (2011) she was attacked by a "cannibal" near the Boroko police station, in the central part of Port Moresby. The attacker bit off Helena's lower lip and wanted to sink his teeth into her throat. The woman managed to escape by kicking...
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Peter Umba Moses (32), one of the leaders of the “Dirty Dons 585” Raskol gang. He says that raping women is a “must” for the young members of the gang. Peter himself has raped more than 30 women, 3 of them were murdered. By his words he has not been involved in any crimes for over a year, but he ...
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Members of the Raskol gang “Dirty Dons 585”, Nine Mile Settlement, Port Moresby. All of these young men committed a set of rapes and armed robberies. The gang members admit that two thirds of their victims are women © Vlad Sokhin
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Richard Bal (45) shows disfigured ear of his wife Agita Bal (32) in the Morobe block, Port Moresby. In December of 2010 after coming home drunk, Richard took a bush-knife and cut half of Agita’s left ear. He spent one night in the police station and was released next morning due to "insufficient ...
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Mary Elaes (48), a wife of a Raskol gang member, called Blackie. Her husband hangs out with the gang almost all the time, coming home from time to time for food only. When there is no food in the house, he beats Mary, causing limb fractures and other injuries. Because of his criminal activities t...
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Kimberly Kamata (19) from Hohola area of Port Moresby, undergoes medical exams in Antenatal Clinic after being raped by 3 men in 8 Mile Settlement. In the morning of 22nd of January of 2012, she took a taxi to the city center. The taxi driver allowed 2 other men to enter the car, and drove Kimber...
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Molly Liri (42) is waiting for the medical examination at the Family Support Center of Port Moresby General Hospital. Molly was brutally beaten by her husband, a security guard, who does not allow her to leave their house. At the Family Support Center she will be given a 24-hours shelter and ther...
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Andres Sime (39), is waiting for trial in a prison cell, having been accused of multiple rapes. The Boroko police station, Port Moresby © Vlad Sokhin
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Anna Smith (42) and Bernadette Ktui (26) have been living in the City Mission refugee center since December of 2011. They arrived there severely injured and decided to ask for three months shelter, not wanting to go back to their husbands who abused them. The Port Moresby’s City Mission can shelt...
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A nurse of the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby is conducting a medical examination of Doring Kande (23), 5 month pregnant, who was brutally attacked by her husband and expelled from her house early in the morning. Doring's drunken husband assaulted her, kicking her in the abdomen, and repeatedly...
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Examination room at the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby. Doctors say that every week they receive at least three women, who were victims of sexual assault. However, the majority of Papua New Guinean women are afraid to report sexual violence, not wanting to have their case became known to relati...