Korean and international AIDS activists who participated in a peaceful protest against the Free Trade Agreement and for access to AIDS treatment at the International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) were shoved and dragged by the police while trying to prevent the arrest of AIDS lawyer Jang Seo-yeon. Two activists, including a staff person of the ICAAP Local Organizing Committee, were hospitalized. Below is the joint statement from Korean activists and supporters about the incident.
[NEWS] AC, ANPUD, APN+ Call on ICAAP to Provide Methadone in Korea
Asia Catalyst and 25 other regional networks and organizations called this week for methadone and buprenorphine access at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, to take place this month in Busan, Korea.
Lack of access to these key medications in effect creates a discriminatory barrier to participation in the congress by delegates who are people using drugs.
Please help us to circulate the letter and to raise these issues with conference conveners and the Korean government, both before and at ICAAP.
