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HIV Prevention Act Angers Ugandan AIDS Activists

HIV Prevention Act Angers Ugandan AIDS Activists Published on Wednesday, 27 August 2014 09:43 KAMPALA—Uganda’s president recently signed the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act into law. The bill criminalizes the transmission of HIV and also enforces mandatory testing….

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International Bar Association Council Resolution on Criminal Laws –...

International Bar Association Council Resolution on Criminal Laws – Repeal of Criminal Laws that Impose Penalties Relating to Certain Sexual Conduct Published on Sunday, 24 August 2014 14:10 On the 24th of May 2014 the International Bar Association passed a…

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Botswana to pay for all inmates’ HIV drugs

Botswana’s High Court orders government to provide foreign prisoners with HIV treatment after legal battle. Botswana’s High Court has ordered the government to provide treatment to HIV-positive foreign prisoners at the state’s expense. Justice Bengbame Sechele ruled on Friday that the denial of anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign inmates violated their rights. Dickson Tapela and Mbuso Piye, two Zimbabwean prisoners had sued the government for refusing to provide them with free ARVs, while providing them at no cost to Botswana citizens. The prisoners said the government had denied them “the right to life” and that they deserved “freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, discrimination, and inequality”.

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Congresswoman Lee Responds to Uganda’s HIV Discrimination Law

Oakland, CA – Congresswoman Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus and member of the Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee of State and Foreign Operations, released the following statement concerning Uganda’s new HIV discrimination law: “Having HIV is not a crime.

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Right to dignity – barriers to healthcare for transgenders

BANGKOK, 14 August 2014 (IRIN) – Dorian Wilde, 26, an activist from Malaysia, was thrilled to be invited to the 2014 World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) symposium in Bangkok, but his journey to Thailand was fraught. His experience is not unique – to him, to Malaysia, or to air travel. Transgender people everywhere face extraordinary barriers when attempting to access services, including the most essential, such as healthcare.

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