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Tanzania: Group to Go to Court As Family Buries Girl With Albinism Inside the House
Citizen, 3 April 2018
People with albinism plan to go to court in protest against a tendency whereby some families tend to bury dead bodies of people with albinism in rooms within their houses. Read more »
Burying People with Albinism Inside Homes a Violation?
The burial of people with albinism inside homes is a violation of their rights, a Tanzanian activist says. This comes a few days after a family in the Geita region reportedly buried their 3-year-old child inside their house.
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They have been persecuted and killed in Malawi. In Tanzania, there's an increasing trend of exhuming albino bodies. At least ten albinos are murdered in ritual killings every year ... Read more »
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The Albinism Society of Botswana will hold a countrywide albinism awareness campaign to reduce stigma experienced by people with albinism and address social challenges they are ... Read more »
