News
2008-07-16
Human Rights
Watch: Police Abuses, Bad Policies Fueling AIDS
Epidemic
Human rights
activists say police abuses and official policies are
aggravating the AIDS epidemic
Human rights
activists say police abuses and official policies are
aggravating the AIDS epidemic.
About 400
organizations say police in several nations use
antiprostitution laws to routinely extort sexual favors from
sex workers.
They also say
officers confiscate condoms from AIDS outreach workers and
then charge them with prostitution or sodomy.
Many nations
still ban needle-exchange programs, even though drug users
account for one third of all new HIV infections outside of
Africa.
Human Rights
Watch's José Miguel Vivanco said Tuesday that
governments must end such abuses or face a growing
number of AIDS cases.
Mexico City will
host next month's International AIDS Conference. (AP)
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