In the lead-up to AIDS 2014, ten powerful thought-provoking films from seven countries over three days (18, 19 and 21 July 2014) will outrage Melbourne film-goers by exploring how laws and policies aimed at controlling, punishing or disempowering specific groups of people living with, or at risk of HIV, harms not only human rights, but also the broader response to the HIV epidemic.
In a 60-page statement, Dr. Ilan Meyer, a social epidemiologist at the Williams Institute, countered claims that Russia’s ban on homosexual propaganda would help avert disease and mental illness and protect children from alleged negative health outcomes. His statement was submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in Bayev v. Russia, a case brought by three gay rights activists who were arrested for violating the law when engaging in peaceful protests, and responds to claims by the Family and Demography Foundation in Russia
EDMONTON — When HIV-AIDS first hit North America in the 1980s, diagnosis almost always meant early death. As the virus spread out of control, the legal system began to see unprecedented cases: people with HIV charged with serious offences – most commonly aggravated sexual assault. Since the early 1990s, more than 150 HIV-positive people have been taken to court in Canada for not telling their sex partners they have the virus. But now that treatments have advanced to the point that HIV is no longer fatal nor easily transmitted, doctors argue the law is due for an update. “We were concerned that injustices were happening — or they could happen,” says Dr. Ryan Cooper, an infectious disease specialist from Edmonton. He was one of more than 70 Canadian HIV experts who recently released a consensus statement.
Targeting those ‘responsible for abuses, corruption and anti-gay law’, the US cancels military exercise and restricts visas and aid
The United States on Thursday canceled a regional military exercise in Uganda, imposed visa restrictions, diverted funds for a health institute to another country and cut funding for a Ugandan police program in response to a law that imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality.
Indian transgender healthcare challenges Published on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 09:25 Ignorance and neglect in medical profession compounds widespread discrimination against recognised third gender group. Bangalore, India – Discrimination in India’s healthcare system against transgender people remains rife despite new laws…