MORE WORK NEEDED TO ENSURE PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM DON’T FACE DISCRIMINATION OR VIOLENT ATTACKS, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
15th June, 2015 In at least 25 African countries, people with albinism have been "killed, mutilated or otherwise attacked" because of the belief that their body parts confer magical powers, according to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights. Speaking last Thursday ahead of Saturday’s first ever world day for albinism awareness, Zeid Ra’ad Al […]
MORE WORK NEEDED TO ENSURE PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM DON’T FACE DISCRIMINATION OR VIOLENT ATTACKS, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
15th June, 2015 In at least 25 African countries, people with albinism have been "killed, mutilated or otherwise attacked" because of the belief that their body parts confer magical powers, according to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights. Speaking last Thursday ahead of Saturday’s first ever world day for albinism awareness, Zeid Ra’ad Al […]