Tanzania sentences 4 to death over albino murder

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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.
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Deutsche Welle

06 Mar

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
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10 years ago

International Business Times UK

06 Mar

Tanzania death penalty for suspects in albino murder to 'serve as an example'

International Business Times UK
Tanzania death penalty for suspects in albino murder to 'serve as an example'
International Business Times UK
Tanzania's decision to sentence to death four people for the murder of an albino woman is "setting an example" amid a wave of albino killings, the country's human rights commission said. The four killers convicted in Mwanza, north-west Tanzania on ...
Albinos call for execution of witchcraft killers in TanzaniaToday's Zaman
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10 years ago

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.

 

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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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...

 

11 years ago

Zee News

14 May

Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murder

BBC News
Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murder
Zee News
Dar es Salaam: Tanzanian police have arrested two alleged witch doctors after an albino woman was hacked to death for body parts, a rights group said on Wednesday. Munghu Lugata, 40, was killed after attackers hacked off her left leg above the knee and ...
Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killingBBC News
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10 years ago

The Star Online

27 Feb

Four charged over albino murder in Tanzania amid growing calls for action

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Four charged over albino murder in Tanzania amid growing calls for action
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DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Tanzanian court has charged four people over the murder of an albino woman over six years ago as pressure mounts for authorities in the east African country to do more to stop the killing of albinos whose ...
Witch hunts increase in Tanzania as albino deaths jumpWTSP 10 News
Government encouraged to asign security task force where PwA...

 

10 years ago

Huffington Post

15 Jan

Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors To Protect Albino People From Ritual Murder

The Guardian
Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors To Protect Albino People From Ritual Murder
Huffington Post
(RNS) The government of Tanzania has banned witch doctors due to ritual killings of albino people for their body parts. The witch doctors reportedly fueled the killings by inducing local people to believe “magic potions” made from body parts brought good luck ...
Tanzania bans witch doctors after scores of albino people are killed in ritual ...Religion News Service
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BBC

26 Jun

Nigeria death sentences for blasphemy

An Islamic court sentences nine people to death after finding them guilty of blasphemy in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.