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Drug Detention Centers Offer Torture, Not Treatment

July 24th, 2012 | Author: Human Rights Watch

Hundreds of thousands of people identified as drug users in China and across Southeast Asia are held without due process in centers where they may be subjected to torture, and physical and sexual violence in the name of “treatment.” International donors and United Nations agencies have supported and funded drug detention centers that systematically deny people rights to effective HIV and drug dependency treatment, and have ignored forced labor and abuse.

(New York) – Hundreds of thousands of people identified as drug users in China and across Southeast Asia are held without due process in centers where they may be subjected to torture, and physical and sexual violence in the name of “treatment,” Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.

HIV Conference: Include People With Disabilities

July 20th, 2012 | Author: Human Rights Watch

Donors supporting HIV programs, policymakers, and service providers should ensure that the world’s one billion people with disabilities have equal access to HIV prevention and treatment.

Donors supporting HIV programs, policymakers, and service providers should ensure that the world’s 1 billion people with disabilities have equal access to HIV prevention and treatment, Human Rights Watch said today, in advance of the 19^th International AIDS Conference. The conference will begin on July 22, 2012, in Washington, DC.