[NEWS] Criminalization of Drug Use Fuels AIDS 毒品利用有罪化加剧艾滋病传播

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New evidence that criminalization of drug use fuels HIV/AIDS

 

A special issue of the medical journal The Lancet,
produced for the International AIDS Conference, published a ground-breaking
series of articles and commentaries on the global HIV epidemic among people who
use drugs. Drawing on their comprehensive examination of hundreds of studies, the
journal’s editors called for an evidence- and rights-based response to HIV
among people who use drugs: “Criminalization
has reduced access to health care for people at risk of drug use…Put simply,
locking people up does not work.”  The
journal’s articles provide evidence showing that the most neglected strategy, a
human rights-based approach, is the the most effective tool in reversing the
epidemic.

新证据表明，毒品利用有罪化加剧艾滋病传播

 

医学期刊《柳叶刀》上有期为国际艾滋病大会制作的专门话题，围绕话题发表了一系列有关全球艾滋病在吸毒者之间的感染情况的论文和评论，颇具开拓性。通过对这数百项研究进行综合考察，期刊的编辑呼吁，对吸毒人群艾滋病的回应应当有据且符合其正当权益，”有罪化，使得容易受到感染的吸毒人群接触健康治疗的途径减少……简单地说，将人锁起来是没有用的。”期刊的论文用相关证据说明，在对抗艾滋病时，最容易被人们忽视的方式，也就是以人为本的方式，其实是最有效的方式。

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[COMMENTARY] Protest: An Honorable Tradition at the AIDS Conference 抗议：艾滋病大会上的光荣传统

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Sex worker protest at the conference to demand decriminalization (Photo by Zhao Gang)

At the Vienna conference, thousands took to the streets to call for human rights to be integrated into AIDS policies and programs. They gathered in the Heldenplatz, a historic square in front of the Austrian Parliament building, to cheer the heads of UNAIDS, the Global Fund, and international AIDS activists such as Mark Heywood, and to dance and sing with pop singer Annie Lennox.

在维也纳的会议期间，成千上万的人上街集会，要求把人权列入到艾滋病的各项政策和项目中去。集会的地点是位于奥地利国会大楼前的英雄广场，一个具有历史意义的地方。人们相聚一起，为联合国艾滋病规划署署长、全球基金会会长和国际艾滋病活动家如马克·西伍德欢呼，和流行歌手安妮·列克斯一起载歌载舞。

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[RESOURCE] Human Rights Mission Kit

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Asia Catalyst (New York), Korekata AIDS Law Center (Beijing), and Thai AIDS Treatment Action
Group (Bangkok) are cooperating on writing the manual Know It, Prove It,
Change It: A Rights Curriculum for Grassroots Groups. The Human Rights
Mission Kit, which you can download here, is a
collection of easy-to-follow steps, worksheets and templates groups can use at
home to start their own human rights research.

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[RESOURCE] 5 Tips for Grassroots AIDS Advocacy

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By Loretta Wong

When it comes to grassroots AIDS advocacy at the local level, I used to be a fierce lion and fearless tiger in the old days. But I rarely got what I wanted from others, and government stakeholders tried their best to avoid me.

Now that I am getting old(er), I realize that elements of advocacy such as inter-personal relationship, trust and communication are important, too. These may be Chinese, but I do not think these elements exist solely in Chinese culture. I am pragmatic – I really want to see change and improvement as soon as possible. Here are five things I try to keep in mind about grassroots AIDS advocacy.

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