EU Article on Attacks of People Living With Albinism in Tanzania

Public asked to condemn brutality against people living with albinism
Daily News
TANZANIANS have been urged to condemn and expose people involved in acts of brutality against people living with albinism. Under the Same Sun Operations (UTSS), Operations Manager, Mr Gamariel Mboya said this in Dar es Salaam on Friday. UTSS ...

On 2nd March 2015 staff and Partners of EY Tanzania hosted Ms. Maria Stanford a representative from the society of people with albinism in Tanzania at EY offices in Oysterbay.

 The representative, herself a victim of brutality against people with albinism lost both of her arms to wicked people who broke into her house located near Lake Victoria in North-western Tanzania and managed to overcome her as she slept, cut-off and vanished with both her hands.

Although she later identified the...

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EU wants Tanzania to stop people's killings with albinism
Zee News
Dar es Salaam:The European Union (EU) in Tanzania Tuesday appealed to Tanzanian authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent further killings of people with albinism. Filiberto Sebregondi, the EU head of delegation to Tanzania, said in a letter to ...
EU appeals to Tanzania to stop killings of people with albinismShanghai Daily (subscription)
EU 'appalled' by Albino killings in TanzaniaJournal of Turkish...

On 2nd March 2015 staff and Partners of EY Tanzania hosted Ms. Maria Stanford a representative from the society of people with albinism in Tanzania at EY offices in Oysterbay.
 The representative, herself a victim of brutality against people with albinism lost both of her arms to wicked people who broke into her house located near Lake Victoria in North-western Tanzania and managed to overcome her as she slept, cut-off and vanished with both her hands. 
Although she later identified the...

EU appeals to Tanzania to stop killings of people with albinism
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) in Tanzania on Tuesday appealed to Tanzanian authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent further killings of people with albinism. Filiberto Sebregondi, the EU head of delegation to ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Thursday for increased protection for people with albinism, after the barbaric murder of a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania on 12 May. 

“This killing and the terrible circumstances surrounding it sadly demonstrate that the human rights situation of people with albinism in Tanzania and other countries, remains dire,” Pillay said. 

According to police reports,...

This photo essay discusses the interactions between international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental organizations on the one hand, and local populations and people with albinism on the other, in Tanzania. From the mid-2000s onward, international attention started to be drawn to the aggressions toward, and the murders of, people with albinism in the north-western part of Tanzania (Ntetema 2008).
To date, around 74 individuals with the condition are said to...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Thursday for increased protection for people with albinism, after the barbaric murder of a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania on 12 May. “This killing and the terrible circumstances surrounding it sadly demonstrate that the human rights situation of people with albinism in Tanzania and other...

Citizen TV (press release)
Man living with albinism dies following attack
Citizen TV (press release)
A 56-year-old man living with albinism who was attacked early this month on his way home has succumbed to his injuries. Enock Jamenya was on his way back home in Gavudunye Village, Hamisi Sub County in Vihiga County when unknown assailants ...