More protection needed for Tanzania albinos: UN rights office
By Taylor Gillan on Aug 26, 2014 09:00 am[JURIST] The UN human rights office [official website] on Monday said that the Tanzanian government's system of placing children with albinism in government care centers does not provide this vulnerable group with adequate protection from those who target albinos due to erroneous beliefs and superstitions. The widespread belief that the body parts of human albinos bring wealth and success or cure diseases has led to brutal attacks [AP report]. Although the government began placing people with albinism in state-run education... +read more
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