Pillay condemns attacks on albinos

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AFP United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned the killing and mutilation of people with albinism in Tanzania. Geneva – Albinos whose body parts are prized by witch doctors are being attacked in rising numbers in Tanzania, with children who are still alive having their limbs chopped off, the top United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday. “I strongly condemn these vicious killings and attacks, which were committed in particularly horrifying circumstances, and which have involved dismembering people, including children, while they are …



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