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  • Russia Passes Bill Banning Gay 'Propaganda'

    Russia's lower house of Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that bans "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations," makes it a crime to hold gay pride events, speak in defense of gay rights or to say gay relationships are equal to heterosexual ones. Although ostensibly intended to protect minors, the bill is written so broadly that in effect it amounts to an outright ban.

    12 June 2013 | Wall Street Journal

  • Living on the margins drives HIV epidemic in Europe and central Asia - conclusion of new report

    Social and structural factors – such as poverty, marginalization and stigma – and not just individual behaviours are shaping the HIV epidemic in Europe and central Asia. This is the main conclusion of a new report released today by the World Bank Group, WHO/Europe and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The study systematically reviews evidence on HIV vulnerability and response in all countries of the WHO European Region.

    10 June 2013 | WHO Europe

  • The Global Forum on MSM & HIV Condemns Passage of Anti-Gay Bill in Nigeria

    Nigerian lawmakers pass legislation which threatens to violate fundamental human rights and devastate Nigeria’s HIV response.

    07 June 2013 | MSMGF press release

  • Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill: Civil Society, Human Rights Defenders and others Call for its Immediate Withdrawal!

    On the 30th May 2013, the Nigeria House of Representatives passed the bill titled “Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill’’. The Bill prohibits marriage between persons of same sex, criminalize organizations and persons who directly or indirectly aid or abate such a union.

    03 June 2013 | AMSHeR

  • Right to health, right to life: HIV and human rights in Europe

    HIV as a human rights issue was the main theme of a high-level meeting co-organized by the European Commission and UNAIDS. The meeting explored the critical human rights issues in Europe that are preventing a more effective AIDS response in Western Europe and are contributing to an increase in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in Eastern Europe.

    03 June 2013 | UNAIDS

  • Nigeria: People Living With HIV/Aids Protest Non-Passage of Anti-Discrimination Bill

    HIV/AIDS patients,under the aegis of Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria, have protested to the National Assembly, asking the lawmakers to pass the HIV/AIDS Anti-Discrimination bill into law.

    31 May 2013 | AllAfrica

  • AIDS laws in Asia and the Pacific are failing to protect those most vulnerable

    Legal protections are unevenly enforced and human rights violations persist for people living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific. According to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), weak anti-discrimination laws affect the daily lives of those living with HIV by creating barriers to access to health care, prevention and treatment, and employment and education opportunities. Most people who experience rights abuses do not attempt to seek redress through legal means, according to the report.

    30 May 2013 | United Nations Development Programme

  • Honouring Shivananda Duncan George Khan OBE

    APCOM, one on the many organisations he helped to found, honours pioneering HIV and MSM activist Shivananda Khan, who died on 20 May.

    21 May 2013 | APCOM (Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health)

  • UZBEKISTAN: Uzbeks Required to Produce STD, Drugs Certificates to Travel Abroad

    According to Shuhrat Berdiyev, head of the Tashkent STD health clinic, Uzbekistan citizens wishing to travel outside of the country soon will have to produce certificates at border control stations demonstrating they suffer from neither drug addiction nor an STD. Berdiyev said the Senate currently was discussing the new rules, which were expected to be adopted in either May or June of this year.

    08 May 2013 | Uznews

  • Chinese Women With HIV Suffer Harassment and Stigma

    Human rights and press freedom are crucial if China is to achieve its stated AIDS prevention goals, particularly when it comes to safeguarding women and children, a leading AIDS specialist has said.

    08 May 2013 | Radio Free Asia
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