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Equality and Human Rights Commission has workforce halved

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been stripped of its duty to promote a society with equal opportunity for all and had its budget and workforce halved, the government has announced.

Published
17 May 2012
From
The Guardian
Discrimination and the law
US Justice Dept. Settles Two HIV Health Care Discrimination Claims

Two settlements have been resolved involving claims that health care providers refused to serve people with HIV, which is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement. 

Published
15 May 2012
From
Poz magazine news
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
To Fight HIV, Indian Health Workers Say Homosexuality Must Be Legal

The men here are among what Davinder calls India's "key population" — those most at risk of contracting HIV. He and his colleague, Husefa Saigoonwala, come here every week to pass out handfuls of condoms.

Published
15 May 2012
From
NPR (blog)
Discrimination and the law
US sheds the Helms Rule's legacy

This July, a shadow that Jesse Helms cast over HIV policy will be dramatically lifted. The enormous International AIDS Conference will meet in the United States for the first time in more than 20 years, ending a boycott that protested a policy the late North Carolina Republican senator pushed into law.

Published
14 May 2012
From
Politico
Employment
India: Ministry of Home Affairs red-flags HIV Bill: 'can't take infected in paramilitary'

A clause in the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill 2012 that HIV testing cannot be a precondition for employment has raised some practical roadblocks in the recruitment process of the paramilitary forces and police.

Published
27 April 2012
From
Indian Express
Discrimination and the law
India: Strict law covering HIV-infected people against discrimination soon

A person whose spoken or written word(s) that may lead to hostility or hatred against an HIV patient could go to jail for two years. An AIDS patient cannot be denied employment or sacked except with a written assessment of an independent healthcare provider that the person poses a risk of transmission of virus to others at the workplace.

Published
10 April 2012
From
Times of India
Discrimination and the law
AIDS activists step up call for Hershey boycott

AIDS activists are stepping up their call for a boycott of Hershey candy to protest the rejection of a student at a boarding school connected to the company because he is HIV-positive.

Published
06 April 2012
From
Wall Street Journal
UK health services
HIV charity urges patients to rate GPs on iWantGreatCare in order to challenge ‘discrimination’

One of the UK's biggest HIV charities is encouraging patients to anonymously rate named GPs online in a bid to signpost ‘HIV friendly' practices and help patients avoid ‘discrimination', after signing a landmark deal with the GP ratings site iWantGreatCare.

Published
16 March 2012
From
Pulse
HIV and criminal law
Civil society comes together to create the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation

A group of civil society experts met in Oslo to create the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation, a sign-on document opposing the criminalisation of HIV expsure, potential exposure, and non-intentional transmission.

Published
22 February 2012
From
HIVjustice.net
Employment
SOUTH AFRICA: Outrage over HIV-positive journalist's dismissal and deportation

Allegedly tested for HIV without consent, found positive and subsequently dismissed, detained and deported, a South African journalist is attempting to take his case against Qatar to the International Labour Organization (ILO) to change the country's HIV travel and employment laws.

Published
21 February 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
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