Posts tagged AIDS
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Censures Jamaica for Violating the Rights of LGBTI Citizens

December 1, 2020: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a scathing report in support of an AIDS-Free World petition arguing that the discriminatory sections of the Offences Against the Person Act violate the rights of LGBTI Jamaicans.

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Survivors of Bogus “AIDS Cure” Testify in Public

July 15, 2020: In the Gambian capital of Banjul, survivors of former dictator Yahya Jammeh's fraudulent and destruction of "AIDS cure" appeared before the country's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, braving the stigma and discrimination that people living with HIV in The Gambia still endure.

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Legal action filed against Gambian ex-dictator

May 31, 2018: Three survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent and destructive HIV and AIDS “treatment programme” have filed a legal action in the High Court of The Gambia, suing the former Gambian president, seeking financial damages for harm suffered and a declaration from the High Court that their human rights were violated. (UN Photo / Joshua Kristal)

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Survivors of Gambian Dictator’s Bogus AIDS “Cure” Speak Out, Seek Justice

December 5, 2017: (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) — Three survivors of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent AIDS “cure” recounted their harrowing experiences and their determination to bring the dictator to justice during a press conference at the 19th International Conference of AIDS and STIs (ICASA) in Africa today. AIDS-Free World is working in concert with the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, Gambian lawyers, and international partners to support the survivors and relatives of those who died at Jammeh's hands to pursue all possible legal avenues in their search for justice. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)

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Media Alert: Survivors of Yahya Jammeh's counterfeit AIDS 'cure' demand justice

December 1, 2017: AIDS-Free World will be holding a press conference on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, ICASA, with survivors of the former president of The Gambia's counterfeit AIDS 'cure'. (UN Photo / Amanda Voisard)

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