The healer, Bhekukufa Gumede, and four young accomplices removed the genitals, limbs and skin of the victim, Thandazile Mpunzi, and tossed her body into a shallow grave. Two of the accomplices told the court that Gumede convinced them that they would get rich if they ingested traditional medicine with the body parts.
Muchena said poor policing and an inept criminal justice system in Malawi contributed to the attacks on people with albinism there, with nobody convicted in any of the 20 known slayings there in the last three years. Even suspects found with bones or other body parts were released because of errors by prosecutors or acquitted by poorly trained magistrates.
After a series of attacks this year, Malawian police chief Lextern Kachama told local media that the president had ordered police to protect schools from the hunters and called on communities to do more.
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In addition, our debate has illuminated the need to develop and enact a holistic concept of rights for PWA, which sees human rights as indivisible. Although little attention has been given to the issue, the evidence highlights that in trying to meet the fundamentally critical right to life and protection, other important rights are being denied. At its heart this requires both a shift in attitude and action to address discrimination among this group of people.
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