Video Posts
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Interviews with Ukrainian and Russian delegates at the Kiev AIDS Forum
29 July 2012
The OST programs in Ukraine have to satisfy the needs of its patients
OST patient from Ukraine: “We, the OST patients are the best experts in how this program should work, the state must listen to us and take to consideration our needs”
Drug users in Russia: “Stop ingnoring us, stop violating our rights!”
The lies transmitted by the Russian government makes people die everyday and soon there will be nobody to provide treatment to in Russia….
Posted by Anastasia Bezverkha, 2012-07-29 | Categories: Kiev, Video | Comments (0)
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Video: Sex Workers’ Farewell to Kolkata
27 July 2012
Sex Workers’ Farewell to Kolkata from Matthias Lehmann | Matt Lemon on Vimeo.
(Posted with permission)
[July 26th, 2012] Sex workers and the unforgettable MC Tini say farewell to Kolkata after the Sex Workers’ Freedom Festival concludes. Travel restrictions by the US government had barred sex workers from attending the International AIDS Conference in Washington, but they made sure that their voices would be heard loud and clear!
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-27 | Categories: Kalkota, Video | Comments (0)
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Interviews with Georgian delegates at the Kiev AIDS Forum
27 July 2012
Interview with Eka: “Women IDUs in Georgia exist! And they have equal rights, just like any other women”
Georgian leader of women who use drugs is convinced women have to stand up and fight for their rights
Interview with Koka Labartkava: “Georgia has to change an approach to drug policy and ensure human rights for drug users”
Georgian repressive drug policy has proved its inefficiency. If there will be no Global Fund we are left without hope
Posted by Anastasia Bezverkha, 2012-07-27 | Categories: Kiev, Video | Comments (0)
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HCLU: We Can End AIDS – March in Washington DC
25 July 2012
Video by: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (Posted with permission)
Thousands of activists marched for human rights & economic justice on Tuesday from St. Vernon square, the venue of the International AIDS Conference, to the White House. The organizers of the march identified 5 demands: to tax Wall Street and stop cuts to AIDS services, to aid housing and lift the ban on syringe exchange, to provide full access to services for women and LGBT people, to make Big Pharma accountable and to stop the criminalization of PLWHA, drug users and sex workers. We asked the demonstrators how do they see these issues – please watch the video and find out yourself!
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-25 | Categories: Video, Washington, D.C. | Comments (0)
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HCLU: Stephen Lewis: How to Fights AIDS by Ending the Drug War
25 July 2012
Video by: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (Posted with permission)
Stephen Lewis, a well-known progressive Canadian diplomat, the former special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, held a very powerful speech at the AIDS 2012 conference in Washington DC, so we decided to upload it for you uncut. He brings forward some very practical suggestions how to integrate the drug policy reform agenda into the blueprint for an AIDS-free world proposed by the US government. He points out that an AIDS-free world is an illusion without ending the failed war on drugs – and drug policy reform is not possible without mainstreaming our messages.
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-25 | Categories: Video, Washington, D.C. | Comments (0)
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Panel: ARVs for Treatment as Prevention: Human Rights Issues
25 July 2012
With antiretroviral treatment of people with HIV showing 96% efficacy as an HIV prevention tool, the question of “treatment as prevention” is not whether but how. Implementation of this gamechanging intervention will require lifting structural human rights barriers to HIV testing, diagnosis, linkage to care, treatment, and treatment adherence. In this session, hosted by the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, conference delegates share their perspectives on the human rights dimensions of “treatment as prevention” in the company of experts from Canada, Namibia, and the UNAIDS Secretariat.
Watch these interviews with our panelists at our panel on Treatment as Prevention: Human Rights Issues.
Video produced by Nicholas Feustel | georgetownmedia.de
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-25 | Categories: Video, Washington, D.C. | Comments (0)
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Panel: Condoms as Contraband: How Harmful Police Practices are Hurting Sex Workers
25 July 2012
Video of the panel discussion in the Human Rights / Social, Economic and Prevention Justice Zone on ‘Condoms as Contraband: How Harmful Police Practices are Hurting Sex Workers’
The session took place in the Human Rights / Social, Economic and Prevention Justice Zone on July 23, 2012 at AIDS 2012
Panelists included:
- Megan McLemore; HRW
- Sienna Baskin; Urban Justice Centre
- Acacia Shields; OSF
- Stacey-Leigh Manoek; Women’s Legal Centre
- Bamby Salcedo; Children’s Hospital LA
- Sian Maseko; Sexual Rights Centre
Watch short interviews with our panelists:
Video produced by Nicholas Feustel | georgetownmedia.de
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-25 | Categories: Video, Washington, D.C. | Comments (0)
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HCLU: Activists Interrupt Press Conference at AIDS 2012
24 July 2012
Video by: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (Posted with permission)
Dozens of sex worker and drug user activists interrupted the opening press conference of AIDS 2012 in Washington DC yesterday. They emerged from their seats unexpectedly and marched through the room, waving banners and shouting slogans, such as, “No drug users? No sex workers? No International AIDS Conference!” The activists were protesting against the attitude of conference organizers, who had praised the US government for lifting the travel ban on people living with HIV – but failed to address the remaining travel restrictions on people who use drugs and sex workers, who could not attend the conference if they declared their status (See the article of Alexandra Volgina!).
More info: Drug users and sex workers feel betrayed by the organizers of AIDS 2012 – watch the video messages of drug users who could not attend the conference!
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-24 | Categories: Video, Washington, D.C. | Comments (0)
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HCLU: Messages from Kiev
23 July 2012
Video by: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (Posted with permission)
People who use drugs are not able to attend the International AIDS Conference in Washington DC due to travel restrictions of the US. They gathered in Kiev and recorded video messages to IAS.
Posted by Alissa Sadler, 2012-07-23 | Categories: Kiev, Video | Comments (0)
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Kyiv AIDS Forum is a bridge between decision-makers and communities
19 July 2012
Watch our interview with Dasha Ocheret, from the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network, Lithuania.
“Delegates of AIDS 2012 have to know how cancellation of 11 round of Global Fund funding affects life of a mother, a young person in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and what needs to be done fast to give these people hope.”
Posted by Anastasia Bezverkha, 2012-07-19 | Categories: Kiev, Video | Comments (1)
