A/HRC/28/75 that reported, but that data-gathering is difficult owing to the secretive nature of witchcraft, which serves as the context of most ritual attacks against persons with albinism. 17. On 15 May 2014, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a press statement in which she called for increased protection for people with albinism after the murder of a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania three days earlier. On 27 May 2014, the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa also issued a press statement condemning that specific killing. 18. Since then, seven further attacks have been documented in Tanzania, between August 2014 and January 2015, including one murder, two cases of survivors with severe limb mutilation and the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl. The killing of a 25-year-old woman was reported in Malawi in November 2014 and another killing, of a 27-year old man, was reported in Burundi in December 2014. The circumstances in which the attacks took place reveal the severity of attacks against the group. The following are some examples: (a) On 5 August 2014, Pendo Sengerema, a 15-year-old girl, was brutally attacked at her home in Kaliua District, in the Tabora Region of Tanzania. Three assailants with machetes hacked off her right arm just below the elbow. According to reports, her family could not scream for help as they were threatened with death by the attackers, who later disappeared with Pendo’s arm; (b) On 16 August 2014, two unidentified men entered the home of Munghu Masaga, a 35-year-old woman with albinism and the mother of seven children, in Buhekela village, in Igunga District, also in Tabora region of Tanzania. Before chopping off her left arm and escaping, attackers killed Munghu’s husband as he tried to protect his wife. Two of their children sustained minor injuries; (c) On 12 November 2014, a 25-year old woman with albinism by the name of Violet Kanyama was found dead in the garden of a school near her home in Gawani village, Mulanje district, Malawi. Her body was recovered with both arms and legs missing. 19. These latest attacks underscore the urgent need for States to adopt specific measures to protect and preserve the rights to life and security of person, and the right not to be subjected to torture or ill-treatment. Persons with albinism must be provided with safe and secure spaces where they are able to live dignified lives, free from the fear of being attacked.14 20. The Tanzanian police response to the attacks in August 2014 has been reported as adequate, with several arrests made, and a special task force has been set up by the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute the cases. Those welcome responses are ongoing and it is therefore premature to comment on their impact. Meanwhile, civil society groups have made a clarion call to the Tanzanian Government to enlarge the scope of investigation to unearth the black market in organs associated with the attacks and prosecute clients of the trade. Civil society actors also urged the relevant authorities to introduce effective regulation of the activities of traditional health practitioners. The practitioners, who reportedly practise witchcraft and are revered by many for their perceived supernatural powers and ability to carry out magic, have been mentioned as key players.15 14 15 6 One of the recommendations of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie/OHCHR Expert Meeting on Persons with Albinism, held in Geneva on 24 September 2014. See Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie/Office of the High Commissioner for Human