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UK: Disability hate crime is 'overlooked and under-reported'

Police are "too sensitive" about asking victims of crime if they are disabled, an inspection has found. "There's a lack of willingness by police officers and police staff in control rooms to ask the right of questions to establish whether it's a crime, whether its anti-social behaviour and what effect disability is having on that person in terms of the effect on the crime."

Published
21 hours ago
From
BBC
Social and legal issues
Commonwealth Charter: What is the Queen signing today?

The Alliance welcomes the signing of the new Commonwealth Charter, as it underpins the commitment of the Commonwealth to human rights, gender equality and democracy. However, the Charter does not address criminalisation of those at higher risk of HIV, and the Commonwealth must honour its previous commitment to repealing all discriminatory legislation which hampers the HIV response.

Published
12 March 2013
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Experiences of stigma
HIV positive jobseeker 'humiliated' by Kent job centre staff

An HIV positive jobseeker said job centre staff made him declare his condition within earshot of others, and told him he had to see a disability adviser.

Published
20 February 2013
From
BBC News
Experiences of stigma
HIV man loses restaurant loan 'for own protection'

Bavarian police are investigating a case in which an HIV positive man who wanted to open a restaurant was refused a bank loan “for his own protection” before receiving death threats from neighbours, it was reported on Friday.

Published
15 February 2013
From
The Local.de
Discrimination and the law
Justice Department Settles Three HIV Discrimination Cases

As part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached three settlements addressing HIV discrimination by medical providers over the past three weeks. Each of the settlements was reached under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities—including persons with HIV disease—in public accommodations, employment, transportation, State and local government services, and telecommunications.

Published
15 February 2013
From
AIDS.gov blog
HIV and criminal law
President’s AIDS council calls on feds and states to repeal HIV criminalization laws

The US Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS (PACHA) has called for the federal government to put pressure on states to remedy discriminatory prosecutions for HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosure. George Ayala of the Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) comments: "PACHA has the U.S. President’s attention as well as that of key legislators and senior public health officials who could make a difference in repealing irrational laws and statutes in favor of evidence-based public health responses to AIDS."

Published
12 February 2013
From
The Raw Story
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Uganda: Men Urged to Engage in HIV Fight

Men in Uganda have been asked to engage in the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) initiatives in a bid to reduce the accelerating rates of HIV/AIDS infections in the country.

Published
29 January 2013
From
New Vision
Health services and systems
US: Suit claims health insurer discriminates against HIV/AIDS patients

Under a new policy, set to go into effect on March 1, enrollees with HIV/AIDS and numerous other medical conditions must obtain prescriptions through mail-order pharmacies instead of relying on local brick-and-mortar pharmacies. HIV/AIDS patients will no longer benefit from the face-to-face interactions with clinical pharmacists who can monitor potentially harmful drug interactions, the complaint said. The suit also raised privacy concerns with the possibility of medication packages being left on patients' doorsteps.

Published
16 January 2013
From
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Discrimination and the law
China’s mandate to hospitals reveals persistent discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients

Agence France Presse and other outlets report that the Chinese Ministry of Health has issued a mandate ordering all hospitals to provide HIV/AIDS patients with proper care. The mandate was issued after a lung cancer patient was denied hospital treatment because of his HIV/AIDS status.

Published
09 January 2013
From
Health and Human Rights
Discrimination and the law
Israeli physicians could get green light to deny HIV treatment

The ethics committee of the Israel Medical Association is pointedly refusing to tell doctors that they must treat HIV carriers in all instances.

Published
08 January 2013
From
Haaretz
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