Danmark har bistået Tanzania med milliarder i udviklingshjælp over de seneste 50 år, men overtroen trives i bedste velgående i afkroge af det enorme land, hvor personer uden farvepigment i huden – såkaldte albinoer – lever et farligt liv på kanten af død og lemlæstelse.
GENEVA, 19 February 2015 (UN News Service): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Thursday condemned the latest attack against people with albinism in Tanzania that took the form of the “horrific murder and mutilation” of an albino baby and demanded such “terrible” crimes be halted.
“Attacks against people with albinism, which are often motivated by the use of body parts for ritual purposes, have claimed the lives of at least 75 people in Tanzania since 2000 and seem to be on the rise, with at least three incidents over the past two months,” the top UN rights official said.
Mr. Zeid’s statement came in response to the “horrific murder and mutilation of Yohana Bahati, a one-year-old baby with albinism, in Northern Tanzania.”
He said on Sunday, Yohana was kidnapped from his home by five unidentified men armed with machetes and his mother was badly injured, and his body was found on 17 February, with his arms and legs chopped off.
“Violence and discrimination against people with albinism must be halted,” Mr. Zeid said.
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