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| Tanzanian albinos stage protest | |
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| Tanzanian albinos have held a demonstration against the killing of members of their community. | |
| Organisers of the protest in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, are urging the government to do more to protect albinos. | Organisers of the protest in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, are urging the government to do more to protect albinos. |
| About 30 albinos, some of them babies, have been killed in the past year. | About 30 albinos, some of them babies, have been killed in the past year. |
| Witchdoctors want their body parts for potions which they say make people rich. Dozens of people have been held in connection with the deaths. | Witchdoctors want their body parts for potions which they say make people rich. Dozens of people have been held in connection with the deaths. |
| But the chairman of the Albinos Association Tanzania, Ernest Kimaya, said no suspect had been convicted and jailed. | But the chairman of the Albinos Association Tanzania, Ernest Kimaya, said no suspect had been convicted and jailed. |
| "We might be forced to seek refuge in a safe country if the government will not make enough efforts against albino killings," he told the Tanzanian newspaper The Citizen. | "We might be forced to seek refuge in a safe country if the government will not make enough efforts against albino killings," he told the Tanzanian newspaper The Citizen. |
| "It is only a few of us who have the courage to walk in the streets but most stay indoors while others always fear to walk freely," he said. | "It is only a few of us who have the courage to walk in the streets but most stay indoors while others always fear to walk freely," he said. |