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HIV and criminal law
Bulgaria Reboots Probe into Libyan Torturers of Its 'HIV Trial' Medics

Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has renewed the probe against the torturers of the six Bulgarian medics who were held in captivity for eight years in Libya during Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Published
23 August 2011
From
Sofia News Agency
Discrimination and the law
Cameroon: Free Men Charged Under ‘Sodomy’ Law

Two men detained for feminine appearance say police tortured them.

Published
18 August 2011
From
Human Rights Watch LGBT
People who inject drugs
Iran HIV specialist jailed for visiting US wins Nobel-prizewinners' support

Arash Alaei, whose work on HIV treatment won world recognition, was jailed in 2008 for attending US conferences

Published
02 August 2011
From
The Guardian
Disclose your HIV status, get food

There has been uproar in Mbabane East East after MP Esther Dlamini was accused of forcing people under her constituency to disclose their HIV status before receiving food.after MP Esther Dlamini was accused of forcing people under her constituency to disclose their HIV status before receiving food.

Published
25 July 2011
From
Times of Swaziland
Harm reduction
Cambodia’s Alarming New Drug Law

Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen last week approved a controversial new drug law that opens the door to rampant human rights violations. The legislation, which is expected to be signed into law within the next few weeks, will force drug users in the Asian nation into involuntary treatment for up to two years.

Published
21 July 2011
From
Open Society
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Treatment as prevention: what are the next steps?

Turning treatment into a prevention tool that can end the HIV pandemic will require not one, but a host of different improvements, in the delivery of health

Published
20 July 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Call for human rights-based guidance on PrEP and ART as prevention

GNP+ calls on the World Health Organization and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to ensure guidance is developed and published for individuals and couples on how to make informed decisions about the HIV prevention options that work best for them, as well as guidance for those providing services to those in need to access ART and PrEP. This guidance should be developed in collaboration with networks of people living with HIV and key populations.

Published
18 July 2011
From
GNP Plus
Uganda
The rape of men

Sexual violence is one of the most horrific weapons of war, an instrument of terror used against women. Yet huge numbers of men are also victims. In this harrowing report, Will Storr travels to Uganda to meet traumatised survivors, and reveals how male rape is endemic in many of the world's conflicts.

Published
17 July 2011
From
The Observer
HIV and criminal law
Ugandan Lawmakers okay HIV/Aids Bill

Ugandan Lawmakers Wednesday resisted pressure from the human rights defenders and backed the new HIV /Aids Prevention and Control Bill that seeks to criminalise the intentional spread of HIV/Aids.

Published
13 July 2011
From
Daily Monitor
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
UN Human Rights Council passes gay rights resolution

Despite opposition from African and Arab nations, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution aimed at combating worldwide discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Published
20 June 2011
From
Deutsche Welle
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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