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BREAKING: AIDS-Free World and HIV Legal Network Release Delayed IACHR Report
BREAKING: AIDS-Free World and HIV Legal Network Release Delayed IACHR Report

February 17, 2021: In a joint statement, AIDS-Free World and the HIV Legal Network announce the public release of a long-delayed report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The report is an historic denunciation of Jamaica's colonial-era homophobic laws. (Photo: Chris Ford)

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StatementAFW CommsJamaica, IACHR, LGBTI, Offenses Against the Person Act, HIV, HIV criminalization, discrimination, Sarah Bosha, HIV Legal Network, Norman McKenzie, Caribbean, Thompson Hine
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Censures Jamaica for Violating the Rights of LGBTI Citizens
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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Media alertAFW CommsJamaica, Inter-american Commission on Human Rights, LGBTI, HIV, discrimination, American Convention on Human Rights, human rights, homophobia, Caribbean, Thompson Hine, Offenses Against the Person Act, J-FLAG, Jamaican AIDS Support Society, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life, Maurice Tomlinson, Sarah Bosha, stigma, AIDS, HIV/AIDS, right to health, World AIDS Day