People with albinism: Pillay urges more protection after barbaric killing in Tanzania
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,...
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PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM: PILLAY URGES MORE PROTECTION AFTER BARBARIC KILLING IN TANZANIA
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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.
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EY Tanzania team donated US$ 3,500 and TZS 712,000 to fight brutality against people with albinism in Tanzania
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.
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