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Attacks on people with albinism in Africa: European Parliament calls for end to impunity

7th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Child with albinism standing in between straw huts

STRASBOURG 7th July:  Today, the European Parliament called on African countries to end the impunity in relation to the persecution and killing of people with albinism (PWA), focusing in particular on Malawi, where an estimated 10,000 people are people with albinism. The attacks motivated by superstitious beliefs about the properties of these body parts has given rise to organised […]

Filed Under: Africa, Policy Watch Tagged With: Africa, Albinism, EU Resolution Albimism, European Parlament

Summary: country by country attacks on persons with albinism

26th June 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Compiled by: Under the Same Sun Malawi March 2016: a 20 year old man with albinism by the name of Namphiri Lang’awa was brutally murdered in Sub Traditional Authority Ndakwela in the district, Malawi.  According to police authorities, suspected albino killer businessman Bashir Henery Goba and his gang of assailants who hunt and kill people with albinism […]

Filed Under: Africa, News Tagged With: Africa, albiism, attacks

Hunting for muti: the chase for people with albinism

30th May 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Mwigulu Matonange, a small boy whose left arm was hacked off

The persecution of people with albinism continues and is especially rife in Tanzania and other parts of East Africa. Despite legal measures, protection and convictions remain weak. The persecution of people with albinism (PWA) continues and is especially rife in Tanzania, Malawi and other parts of East Africa. Despite increasing international visibility and recent laws […]

Filed Under: Africa, Reports Tagged With: Africa, Albinism. Tanzania, East Africa, People with Albinism

‘Witchcraft’ beliefs trigger attacks against people with albinism, UN expert warns

23rd March 2016 by Shaun Grech

Independent Expert on Albinism Ikponwosa Ero

Published by UN News Centre 22nd March 2016. Go to Original Source People with albinism are being hunted for witchcraft rituals, their body parts hacked off with machetes, and even having their graves desecrated, a United Nations expert warned today in her first report to the UN Human Rights Council. “Dangerous myths feed these attacks […]

Filed Under: Africa, News Tagged With: Africa, albinisim, witchcraft

Malawi’s albino hunters and the rising mutilations

7th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Attacks on persons with albinism are on the rise in Malawi as criminal gangs, so-called “albino hunters” are out on the prowl, seeking, abducting, mutilating and killing PWA for their prized body parts. These body parts, believed to have magical properties have led to a surge in demand and a lucrative underground market. Efforts at […]

Filed Under: Africa, Reports Tagged With: Africa, Albinism, Albino Hunters, Malawi

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