Death sentences for murderers of albino woman in Tanzania

Deutsche Welle
Death sentences for murderers of albino woman in Tanzania
Deutsche Welle
A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for murdering an albino woman to use her limbs for rituals. The verdict comes amid a wave of killings of albinos and despite a moratorium on capital punishment. Symbolbild Albinos in Afrika. The court ...
Albinos call for execution of witchcraft killers in TanzaniaTODAYonline
Four Sentenced in Tanzania for Murdering Albino to Harvest Body PartsSputnik...

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10 years ago

Deutsche Welle

06 Mar

Death Sentences for Murderers of Albino Woman

New Vision
Death Sentences for Murderers of Albino Woman
Deutsche Welle
A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for murdering an albino woman to use her limbs for rituals. The verdict comes amid a wave of killings of albinos and despite a moratorium on capital punishment. The court handed down the death ...
Four Sentenced in Tanzania for Murdering Albino to Harvest Body PartsSputnik International
Albinos call for execution of witchcraft killers in TanzaniaReuters Africa

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Press TV

06 Mar

Tanzania sentences 4 to death over albino murder

Press TV
Tanzania sentences 4 to death over albino murder
Press TV
A Tanzanian court has handed down death penalties to four people convicted of killing an albino woman. On Thursday, Tanzania's High Court sentenced four people to death for killing 22-year-old Zawadi Mangidu in 2008 in the northwestern town of Geita.
Albino killers sentenced to death in TanzaniaTimes LIVE
Four albino killers sentenced to death in TanzaniaCapital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
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10 years ago

Daily Mail

06 Mar

Four sentenced to death in Tanzania for murdering albino woman

Daily Mail
Four sentenced to death in Tanzania for murdering albino woman
Daily Mail
Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania after brutally murdering a young albino woman in order to harvest her body parts as good luck charms. Zawadi Mangidu, 22, was killed in north-western town of Geita by a group that included her ...
In Tanzania: Albino killers sentenced to deathPulse Nigeria
Tanzania Drops English for KiswahiliLanguage Magazine
Four sentenced to death for killing albino in...

 

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TheCitizen

06 Mar

Four albino killers get death sentences

>The husband of a 32-year-old woman with albinism is among four men sentenced to death for her 2008 killing in Nyamaruru Village. Zawadi Magindu’s attackers, who included her husband Nassoro Charles, cut her limbs and right hand with an axe and a machete.

 

11 years ago

Businessweek

15 May

UN Condemns Death of Tanzania Albino Woman Killed for Body Parts

IPPmedia
UN Condemns Death of Tanzania Albino Woman Killed for Body Parts
Businessweek
A 40-year-old albino woman was murdered for her body parts in Tanzania this week in an attack believed to be linked to witchcraft, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. Munghu Lugata, 40, was probably still alive when ...
UTSS condemns killing of woman with albinismIPPmedia
Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murderPublish Date: May 15, 2014New Vision
Two Tanzanian...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 May

Sudan court sentences pregnant Christian woman to death for 'leaving Islam'

Her Christian name is Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag.

 

10 years ago

Mirror.Co.Uk

18 Feb

Albino baby hacked to death in Tanzania's latest witchcraft related death

Mirror.co.uk
Albino baby hacked to death in Tanzania's latest witchcraft related death
Mirror.co.uk
An albino baby found hacked to death in a forest in Tanzania has become the latest victim of brutal murders connected to witchcraft. The United Nations, who condemned the attack, have warned there may be an increased threat to Albinos in the country in the ...
Dismembered body of albino child found in Tanzania, days after being snatched ...International Business Times UK
Abducted Tanzanian Albino...

 

10 years ago

BBC News

09 Dec

"We're being killed like animals," an albino woman in Tanzania sings

BBC News
"We're being killed like animals," an albino woman in Tanzania sings
BBC News
People with albinism face prejudice and death in Tanzania. A new campaign is now being launched to end hostility towards the tiny community of about 30,000. BBC Africa's Salim Kikeke met some of them. Mtobi Namigambo, a fisherman by trade, sits calmly ...
Albinos in Tanzania: 'We're being killed like animals'BBC News

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10 years ago

BBC

Egypt overturns 36 death sentences

Egypt's top appeals court overturns death sentences given to 36 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including its spiritual leader Mohammad Badie.

 

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