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Venezuela: Over 7,700 Venezuelans in need of HIV/AIDS treatment have left their country
Source: UNHCR

Venezuela: Over 7,700 Venezuelans in need of HIV/AIDS treatment have left their country

30 November 2018
A chance to live: The quest of Venezuelan refugees and migrants with HIV/AIDS By Marta Martinez in Lima. Also available in: Français (French), Español (Spanish), عربي (Arabic) Over 7,700 Venezuelans in need of HIV/AIDS treatment have left their country and...
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Source: The Jerusalem Post

Israel: Expulsion threatens lives of HIV-positive Eritrean and Sudanese migrants receiving treatment in Israel

21 February 2018
The Health Ministry is currently treating 184 Eritrean and Sudanese migrants for HIV. The Israel AIDS Task Force is imploring the government to allow Eritrean and Sudanese migrants with HIV to remain in treatment in Israel amid the pending April...
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Russia: European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia must compensate a Ukrainian woman deported based on her HIV status
Source: Radio Liberty

Russia: European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia must compensate a Ukrainian woman deported based on her HIV status

8 November 2016
English version – Translation (For Russian version, please scroll down) European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Russia to pay 15,000 euros compensation to a Ukrainian citizen for her family separation due to her HIV status. Lawyer Irina Khrunova, representing the...
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Turkmenistan: New law provides free HIV treatment but mandates HIV testing prior to marriage, and for people who use drugs, prisoners, blood donors and foreigners seeking work visas.
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Turkmenistan: New law provides free HIV treatment but mandates HIV testing prior to marriage, and for people who use drugs, prisoners, blood donors and foreigners seeking work visas.

7 April 2016
Turkmenistan has passed a law under which all people seeking a marriage license must be tested for HIV. The law implies that anyone found to be infected with the virus that is the precursor to AIDS would be denied a...
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South Korea: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says mandating HIV testing only for foreigners is "discriminatory and an affront to..dignity"
Source: Businessweek.com

South Korea: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says mandating HIV testing only for foreigners is "discriminatory and an affront to..dignity"

21 May 2015
A New Zealand woman’s rights were violated when her employers in the Republic of Korea demanded that, as a foreign English teacher, she undergo HIV/AIDS and drug tests as a condition of having her contract renewed, United Nations experts have...
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