{"id":15769,"date":"2016-05-09T05:08:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T05:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2016-05-09T20:23:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T20:23:12","slug":"albinos-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/albinos-malawi","title":{"rendered":"Albinos In Malawi Are On The Verge Of Total Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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'&charset='+document.characterSet : ''));\r\n   document.write (\"&loc=\" + escape(window.location));\r\n   if (document.referrer) document.write (\"&referer=\" + escape(document.referrer));\r\n   if (document.context) document.write (\"&context=\" + escape(document.context));\r\n   if ((typeof(document.MAX_ct0) != 'undefined') && (document.MAX_ct0.substring(0,4) == 'http')) {\r\n       document.write (\"&ct0=\" + escape(document.MAX_ct0));\r\n   }\r\n   if (document.mmm_fo) document.write (\"&mmm_fo=1\");\r\n   document.write (\"'><\/scr\"+\"ipt>\");\r\n\/\/]]>--><\/script>\r\n<\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many Africans living with albinism face discrimination and persecution from their communities.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/albinos-persecution\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the worst cases, they are hunted and murdered for their body parts &#8211; which are sold to witch doctors.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Some people\u00a0believe that albinos hold magical properties. Their body parts can be worth thousands of dollars on the black market. The situation has become so dire in Malawi that the United Nations warned that people with albinism face total extinction in the country. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ikponwosa Ero, the UN Independent Expert specialized on albinos rights, described the state of albinos in Malawi as \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an emergency, a crisis disturbing in its proportions.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d Since late 2014, there have been at least 65 cases of violence against albinos reported to police. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cGiven the relatively small population size of people with albinism in Malawi \u2013 reported to be a little less than 10,000 \u2013 attacks against a few of them constitutes a danger to all of them,\u201d Ero explained. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She said that at this rate, people with albinism in the country are an endangered group of people at risk of systemic extinction. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15770\" style=\"width: 726px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/chmdtgawwaanzbb.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"726\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/chmdtgawwaanzbb.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/chmdtgawwaanzbb-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/ChmdTgaWwAAnZBB.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Living in fear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albinos are constantly under fear of attack. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cMany do not sleep peacefully and have deliberately restricted their movement to the necessary minimum,\u201d Ero said. \u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some do not even dare to leave their homes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Children with albinism often stop attending school. They can be at risk of an attack even within their own homes and among their own families. Earlier this year, an 11-year-old girl in Malawi was kidnapped by her own uncle when he discovered that her body parts were worth $6,500. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThe frequent involvement of close relatives in cases of attacks is highly disturbing, and persons with albinism are unable to trust even those who are supposed to care for and protect them. Consequently, persons with albinism in the current context of attacks are locked in a spiral of fear and poverty,\u201d Ero stated.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15771\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/40427.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/40427.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/40427-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/40427-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ribalych.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/40427.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Attackers often get off easily<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The attacks against albinos can be extremely violent. According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/HRC\/RegularSessions\/Session24\/Documents\/A_HRC_24_57_ENG.doc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2013 report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the U.N. Human Rights Council, some people believe that the witchcraft is even more powerful if the victim screams as their body parts are severed. Yet, the punishments for the crime are rather lax.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Ero, who is an albino herself, said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cCourt sentences as handed down to convicted criminals do not always reflect the gravity of the crime. \u00a0As pointed out by various stakeholders during my visit, stealing a cow may attract a higher penalty.\u201d <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0When suspected attackers are able to easily return to their communities, people with albinism are living in even more fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15772\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/malawian-albinos.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/malawian-albinos.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/malawian-albinos-600x379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/malawian-albinos-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/answersafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Malawian-Albinos.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Addressing the problem<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ero made several recommendations to improve the situation in Malawi, including specialized training for police, prosecutors and magistrates, cooperation between the police and the Department of Public Prosecutions, and adequate resources for the newly appointed special prosecutor. Another recommendation is for people in Malawi to acknowledge the problem in society. While Malawians are shocked by the recent increase in attacks against albinos, Ero claimed that there is a long history of violence against the group in the country:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cAddressing the root causes of attacks, in particular why they are happening, is indispensable to eradicating them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15773\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/ikponwosaero_zpsd37b7d76.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"709\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/ikponwosaero_zpsd37b7d76.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/ikponwosaero_zpsd37b7d76-85x56.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertytvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IkponwosaEro_zpsd37b7d76.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/albinos-persecution\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0Albinos In Africa Are Beeing Persecuted For The Most Ridiculous Reasons.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Africans living with albinism face discrimination and persecution from their communities.\u00a0In the worst cases,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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