Amnesty International Acts to protect Indian AIDS Activists

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Dear Friends,

Please view Amnesty International's recent Urgent Action to protect

HIV/AIDS Outreach workers in India:

Take Action!

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=2568

Put an End to Police Harassment of HIV/AIDS Outreach Workers in India

3.97 million people were living with HIV/AIDS in India by the end of

2001, making it the country with the second highest number of

infections in the world. Programs that provide information, condoms,

and HIV testing to persons who engage in high-risk behavior are

therefore crucial to preventing the further spread of the disease.

Such programs are, however, undermined by police harassment and abuse

of HIV/AIDS outreach workers.

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=2568

Regards,

Joya Banerjee

E-mail: <joya.banerjee@...>