His solicitor Imran Khan said the formal complaint related to him being stopped by police on 16 November but it was "the culmination of a course of conduct over many years which amounted to harassment and discrimination based upon his skin colour".

BBC: Stephen and Stuart Lawrence

The Convention against Discrimination in Education stipulates that all persons, regardless of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic condition, or birth, have the right to receive an equal standard of and access to education at any level.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - UNESCO Conventions, Recommendations & Declarations in the UK

"I am deeply alarmed by the general discrimination and social exclusion many people with albinism suffer, as a result of their skin colour, not just in Tanzania but in other countries as well, " she said.

BBC: Salum Khalfani Bar'wani - November 2010