Malawi: NGOs Dismayed With Executive Silence On Attacks and Killings of Persons With Albinism

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Malawi: NGOs Dismayed With Executive Silence On Attacks and Killings of Persons With Albinism

[Nyasa Times] A consortium of human rights organizations have expressed dismay with the silence from the authorities in light of increasing cases of physical attacks, killings, abductions, mutilations and infanticide of persons with albinism (PWAs) in Malawi.

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