Topic: Human Rights Watch

Prisons emerge as hotspots for AIDS pandemic

Prisons are excellent breeding grounds for HIV, enabling the AIDS virus to propagate swiftly and stealthily, yet many options exist for tackling the problem, the world AIDS conference heard.Incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) runs far higher among the 30 million ...

Report says HIV inmate segregation in two U.S. states

MIAMI (Reuters) - Alabama and South Carolina are subjecting HIV-positive prisoners to "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" by segregating them in violation of international law, two leading U.S. rights groups said on Wednesday.Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union National ...

Human Rights Watch slams Uganda AIDS bill

Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.The New York-based group said the bill " promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to ...
Human rights groups are calling for the release of nine Senegalese men imprisoned for being gay Human Rights Watch, a leading advocate of human rights worldwide, on Friday called for the immediate release of nine Senegalese men found guilty of being gay ...