UN Condemns Death of Tanzania Albino Woman Killed for Body Parts

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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
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10 years ago

Vijimambo

03 Jan

Abducted albino four-year-old is feared to have been killed so her body parts can be used in witch doctors' potions in Tanzania

Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi snatched from her home by men with machetesHer father was among four people arrested over the abduction, police sayBody parts of albino people said to fetch up to £50,000 on the black market 
Police in Tanzania have arrested the father of a four-year-old albino girl who is feared to have been abducted and murdered so her body parts can be sold to make witch doctors' potions.
Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi was snatched from her home in the Mwanza region in the north of the...

 

10 years ago

Headlines &Amp; Global News

11 Dec

Albinos in Tanzania Are Killed 'Like Animals' So Their Body Parts Can Be Used ...

Headlines & Global News
Albinos in Tanzania Are Killed 'Like Animals' So Their Body Parts Can Be Used ...
Headlines & Global News
Albinism is a lack of pigmentation that causes pale skin and light hair. (Photo : Twitter Photo Section). Mtobi Namigambo had gone to work for the day when his then 3-month-old son, May Mosi, was attacked. "I had gone to the lake to fish. They were all alone ...
Albinos being killed for body partsWOAI
Tanzania's Albinos 'Killed like Animals' for Body Parts Used in...

 

10 years ago

Breitbart News

03 Jun

Tanzania Warns Politicians: Witchcraft Using Albino Body Parts Will Not Win You ...

Breitbart News
Tanzania Warns Politicians: Witchcraft Using Albino Body Parts Will Not Win You ...
Breitbart News
Tanzania's federal government has been forced to issue a warning to politicians competing in the October elections not to engage in witchcraft in an attempt to improve their odds of winning, reminding candidates that witchcraft was banned nationally in ...

 

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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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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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
Four Sentenced in Tanzania for Murdering Albino to Harvest Body PartsSputnik...

 

10 years ago

WOAI

11 Dec

Albinos being killed for body parts

WOAI
Albinos being killed for body parts
WOAI
SAN ANTONIO - People with albinism - a lack of pigment that makes them appear strikingly white - are routinely being killed in Tanzania for their hair or body parts, which are then used to make potions to attract wealth and luck. The tradition is not a new one ...
Tanzania's Albinos 'Killed like Animals' for Body Parts Used in PotionsBreitbart News

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Daily News

03 Apr

Four arrested for dealing in albino body parts

Four arrested for dealing in albino body parts
Daily News
WITHIN a spell of two weeks police in Kagera Region have arrested four people suspected to be dealers of albino body parts. Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Henry Mwaibambe, named the second two suspects as Latson Faustine (41), ...

 

9 years ago

The Star

14 Sep

Hamisi albino attacked for his body parts

The Star
Hamisi albino attacked for his body parts
The Star
Soft target: Nixon Lugadiru, Enock Jamenya, 56, and Bungoma nominated MCA Martin Wanyonyi on Friday at the Vihiga District Hospital. JOSEPH JAMENYA. September 14, 2015. A person living with albinism in Hamisi, Vihiga county, was attacked last week ...

 

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