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BACKGROUND TO THE LAWS PROTECTING PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM AND OLD WOMEN






THESE INCIDENCES HAVE SENT SHOCKWAVES TO PERSONS WITH ALBINISM AND MOST CAN NO LONGER WALK FREELY IN THEIR COUNTRIES.IT IS ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THE EXISTING LAWS PUTS EMPHASIS ON THE ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHT THOUGH THE TANZANIAN CONSTITUTION WHICH IS THE MOTHER LAW, AS ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 13(6) CONFERS ALL BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. AS THE BACKGROUND TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE IT IS OBSERVED THAT, THE INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS GOVERNMENT AND NON – GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED THAT, BOTH PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM AND ELDERLY WOMEN ARE BEING KILLED ON SUSPICIOUS OF HAVING THE MAGIC POWER AND BEING WITCHES RESPECTIVELY. UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL SUCH AS THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHT (UDHR), PROVIDES THE RIGHT AND FREEDOM OF PEOPLE IN ANY COUNTRY THROUGH ARTICLE 13 SUB ARTICLE 1 AND 2. MOREOVER THE RIGHT IS ALSO GUARANTEED UNDER AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE’S RIGHT OF 1983.THIS READS TOGETHER WITH ARTICLE 7 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS(ICCPR) WHICH BOTH PROVIDES NO ONE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT. ARTICLE 2 OF EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE . THE CHOPPING OF THE PARTIES OF PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM AND KILLING OF WOMEN SUSPECTED TO BE WITCH IS BREACH OF THESE ARTICLES AND HENCE THE PERSON WHO BREACHES THIS LAW THE PENALTY IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE STATUTES AS SEEN IN LATER CHAPTER. LAW ENFORCES AND ENSURES THAT THESE RIGHTS ARE OBSERVED AND ENFORCED BY EXECUTIVES AND RECENT YEARS THE REPORT TELLS THAT ALL THESE PROVISIONS CONFER FULL FREEDOM TO PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM AND ELDERLY PEOPLE BUT THESE GREEDY AND LUST LESS DECAYED HEART TAKE THESE PROVISIONS ON THEIR HAND.

DESPITE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF MANY LAWS ENFORCES AND RELEVANT LEGISLATION, HUNDREDS OF ALBINOS AND OLD WOMEN, ARE BRUTALLY HACKED TO DEATH WITH “PANGAS” OR MACHETES BY PEOPLE WHO ARE LAZY AND DREAMING OF BECOMING RICH.

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