[COMMENTARY] China’s First Lawsuit on Discrimination Against a Person Living with HIV/AIDS

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By Yu Fangqiang

On July 27, 2010, a person living with HIV/AIDS in Anhui Province successfully filed China’s first case alleging employment discrimination on the basis of HIV status. Soon afterwards, a second case was filed in Sichuan Province. A year later, both cases were lost, and both plaintiffs filed appeals. Currently, the third plaintiff in an HIV-related employment discrimination case is preparing to file suit. In this article, lawyer Yu Fangqiang tells the personal story behind the historically important Anhui case.

 

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[NEWS] Summer Internship at Chinese Legal NGO

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Darius Longarino writes:

Last summer, I worked for Yirenping, a domestic Chinese NGO that specializes in anti-discrimination litigation. They focus on Hepatitis B discrimination, but also recently brought the first ever HIV discrimination case to be accepted by a
Chinese court (they lost, but are appealing). The staff at Yirenping asked me to circulate the job announcement (link below) widely. The deadline is February 28th, but I believe they will be choosing applicants in a semi-rolling fashion, so it
will be better for people to apply sooner rather than later.

For more information, see the full announcement at https://www.usasialaw.org/

[COMMENTARY] Emerging Human Rights Issues in China’s Response to HIV/AIDS

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There was a visible presence for China during AIDS 2010, which included a delegation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the country. Chinese officials also presented on the government’s work on HIV/AIDS, which elicited critical feedback from activists. In this article from the HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review, conference attendees Sara L. M. Davis and Li Dan outline the main human rights issues in China’s response to HIV/AIDS.

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[REPORT] Indonesian Odyssey: A Drug User’s Quest for Treatment

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By Ricky Gunawan

 

The story of Rose – the first drug user sentenced by Indonesian courts to rehabilitation instead
of prison – continued this month, with some dramatic twists and turns that
highlight obstacles to implementing Indonesia’s newly improved policy.

 

Rose was transferred from Pondok Bambu Detention Center to Cibubur Drug Dependence
Hospital (RSKO Cibubur),
on Monday, February 8, 2010. As
I wrote in December, it took months after her July sentence for the
corrupt detention system to actually move her to the hospital. During that
time, Rose suffered from withdrawal symptoms without any medication. But even
once the transfer was finally completed, it seemed the drama had only begun.

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