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Launch of 'HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights & Health'
9 July, 2012 in New York, USA - Media Coverage
Top-Tier Media (32)
- BBC World Service: Focus on Africa segment on the Global Commission on HIV and the Law report, including interview with Festus Mogae (9 July)
- Agence France-Presse: Laws that criminalize gays 'hurt HIV treatment'(9 July)
- Picked up by: The Manila Times (Philippines), ABS-CBNnews.com (Philippines), GMA News (Philippines), The Times Live (South Africa), The New Age (South Africa), Independent Online (South Africa), Romandie.com (Switzerland), Strait Times (Singapore), France 24 (France), Yahoo! News, Analita.com (Venezuela), El Universal (Colombia), El Universo (Ecuador) (9 July)
- Picked up by: Naharnet (Lebanon), The Sowetan (South Africa), Health24 (South Africa), Observador Global (Argentina) (10 July)
- Reuters’ TrustLaw: Punitive laws, customs obstruct global fights against HIV/AIDS –report
- Picked up by: UN Dispatch, Development and Aid Workers News Service
- Radio New Zealand (New Zealand): Migrant policy contributing to spread of HIV, segment during the morning report that included an interview with Charles Chauvel (9 July)
- Foreign Policy Passport Blog (US): Where transmitting HIV is a crime (9 July)
- Toronto Star (Canada): Nondisclosure of HIV status should be decriminalized: report(9 July)
- Picked up by: Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
- UN Dispatch: Libya; HIV/AIDS Report; Sudan; Syria; Philippines (9 July)
- British Medical Journal (UK): Legal changes are crucial to fight HIV, says new report (9 July)
- IRIN PlusNews: HIV/AIDS: Bad laws damage HIV response(10 July)
- Picked up by: Gant Daily (US)
- Globe and Mail (Canada): Editorial: A sobering defence of the HIV-afflicted (10 July)
- Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand): UN Global Commission HIV and Law slams proposed laws in Samoa (July 12)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Decriminalisation integral to the fight against HIV - The Drum Opinion (July 12)
- Voice of America: UN Report on HIV/AIDS Calls for Legal Overhaul (July 12) Bangkok Post (Thailand): Editorial: UN Solution to Aids muddled (31 July)
- Reply by Jon Ungphakorn:Thailand fails on Aidsand by President Cardoso:Punitive laws fuel Aids
- Radio Australia: Bad laws affecting the global response to HIV/AIDS (13 July)
Eastern Europe & Central Asia Regional Dialogue
18-19 May, 2011 in Chisinau, Moldova
- News of Moldova - multimedia story (4:33 min.), May 19, featuring Elena Bilokon, Raminta Stuikyte, Gabriela Ionascu
- Agency of Social Information - May 20, featuring Gregory Vergus
- Radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda" - May 19, featuring Gregory Vergus and Denis Godlevski (ITPC)
- UN Radio - May 18, featuring Pavel Chikov
Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue
16-17 February, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand
- HIV/AIDS Asian meeting aims to tackle punitive laws and social barriers against HIV/AIDS progress (Reuters AlertNet)
- Countries in Asia with discriminatory policies towards people living with HIV/AIDS (Reuters AlertNet FactBox)
- Laws obstruct progress on HIV/AIDS front in Asia, UN says (German Press Agency)
- Legal changes needed to prevent HIV: activists (Associated Press)
- UN-backed forum to address legal barriers in Asia-Pacific's battle against AIDS (UN News Centre)
- PNG Some Asian-Pacific Nations' Laws Present Barriers to HIV/AIDS Treatment (Voice of America)
- Michel Sidibe's fight against prejudice (The Straits Times)
- U.N.-Backed Meeting in Bangkok Will Examine How Legal Barriers in Asia Hamper Fight Against HIV/AIDS (The body.com / Kaiser Foundation)
- Global Commission On HIV And The Law Reviews Legal Barriers Obstructing Progress On AIDS In Asia-Pacific (Medical News Today)
- Speaking in tongues on AIDS (Sydney Morning Herald)