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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Malawi to overturn homosexual ban, Joyce Banda says

President Joyce Banda has said she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994.

Published
18 May 2012
From
BBC
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)
Human rights
UNAIDS calls on Greece to protect sex workers and their clients through comprehensive and voluntary HIV programmes

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) expresses its concern over recent actions by Greek authorities involving the arrest, detention, mandatory HIV testing, publication of photographs and personal details, and pressing of criminal charges against at least 12 sex workers. There is no evidence that punitive approaches to regulating sex work are effective in reducing HIV transmission among sex workers and their clients.

Published
11 May 2012
From
UNAIDS press release
Human rights
Greece: Joint Letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Health

We are writing to call your attention to two issues of urgent and serious concern in Greece: (1) the administrative detention and compulsory medical testing of immigrants and asylum seekers based on health status and (2) the arrest, criminal prosecution and compulsory HIV testing of sex workers.

Published
11 May 2012
From
Human Rights Watch
Human rights
Petition to the Prime Minister of Greece: Stop the forced testing and outing of sex workers

These practices are a violation of sex workers’ human rights, their right of freedom, privacy, and the confidentiality on their health condition. They are discriminatory and in complete contradiction with all international and EU treaties that Greece has ratified.

Published
09 May 2012
From
Change.org
HIV prevention policy
Cuba’s AIDS Sanitariums: Fortresses Against a Viral Foe

The network of sanitariums grew to 14. They were harshly criticized — Dr. Jonathan Mann, the first AIDS director at the World Health Organization, called them “pretty prisons” — but they had a huge damping effect on the early epidemic.

Published
08 May 2012
From
New York Times
Sex workers
Matthew Weait on the Greek brothel arrests

HIV criminalization has compounded, and added a new and frightening dimension to, the longstanding idea that female sex workers are a source of pollution threatening the cleanliness of men.

Published
03 May 2012
From
The Times That Belong To Us
Immigration
Greek government creates extensive powers to detain migrants and refugees

The government of Greece is planning a programme of programme of mass incarceration of tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers residing within its borders.

Published
03 May 2012
From
Migrants Rights Network
HIV and criminal law
Greece arrests 17 HIV-positive women in brothels

Greek authorities announced the arrest Wednesday of 17 HIV-positive women who allegedly worked illegally as prostitutes, accusing them of intentionally causing serious bodily harm. The names and photographs of 12 of the women were published on the Greek Police's website, angering human rights advocates who said it was unclear whether the women were aware they had HIV.

Published
03 May 2012
From
The Associated Press
HIV and criminal law
EAST AFRICA: Regional HIV Bill passed without criminalization clause

NAIROBI, 27 April 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - East Africa's Legislative Assembly has passed a regional HIV/AIDS Bill that seeks to protect the rights of people living with HIV and harmonize regional legislation and policy on the prevention and treatment of HIV.

Published
27 April 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
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