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Urgent Action update: Persons with Albinism at risk of further attacks in Malawi

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Overview

A teenage boy with albinism from Malawi who went missing on 24 April has been found dead in Mozambique with his hands and feet chopped off. Thousands of people with albinism live in constant fear of being abducted or killed in Malawi, where their body parts are being sold for use in ritual purposes.

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Malawi

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