Tanzania: Attacks on persons with albinism decline; local attitudes must change, UN expert finds
Jul 29, 2017, at 04:23 am
New York, July 28(Just Earth News): Welcoming a drop in the number of reported attacks against people with albinism, a United Nations human rights expert has concluded that this group of people in rural Tanzania continue to live in fear amid widespread attitudes that lead to violence against them.
Joint African action crucial to protect persons with albinism from violence, highlights UN expert
Jun 14, 2017, at 04:25 am
New York, June 13(Just Earth News): Highlighting the importance of cooperation among countries to overcome the violence and discrimination faced by persons with albinism, a United Nations rights expert has urged African nations to fully implement a regional action plan on ending attacks on persons with albinism.
Southern Africa: UN, Mozambique host first-ever forum to fight trafficking of people with albinism
May 20, 2017, at 04:56 am
New York, May 19(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are joining forces with governments in Southern Africa in a push to strengthen protections for persons with albinism, who often fall victim to a raft of abuses, including maiming, trafficking and even murder, linked to the belief that their parts have magical powers in witchcraft potions.
UN expert urges greater protection of people with albinism from witch doctors
Mar 04, 2017, at 05:27 am
New York, Mar 3 (Just Earth News): In the wake of a high-profile conviction of a mastermind who murdered and dismembered a woman with albinism, a United Nations independent expert is calling for additional oversight of traditional healers who use body parts in witchcraft rituals and so-called medicines.
Oct 27, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): United Nations human rights expert Ikponwosa Ero called upon government representatives gathered in New York for the General Assembly to take swift action to end a growing problem of violence and severe discrimination against people with albinism.
Mozambique: UN expert warns masterminds of attacks against persons with albinism still at large
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:51 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert on Friday said that despite all the success in tackling crimes against persons with albinism in Mozambique, their situation remains precarious as the authorities have yet to identify and arrest the masterminds behind such crimes.
UN rights experts appeal to stop attacks against persons with albinism
Oct 16, 2015, at 01:16 pm
New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): The first United Nations human rights expert on albinism on Thursday issued an urgent appeal for coordinated action in southern and eastern Africa to tackle the upsurge in attacks against persons with albinism.
UN urges protection for Albinos after Tanzania killing
May 16, 2014, at 05:45 pm
New York, May 16 (IBNS): The barbaric murder of a woman with albinism in Tanzania has prompted the United Nations human rights chief to call for greater protection for this "exceptionally vulnerable" community.