Monday, September 3, 2007

UN upset at HIV/AIDS victims buried alive

PORT MORESBY, PNG ---- Two United Nations agencies have expressed concern over the recent reports that people living with HIV/AIDS have been buried alive in the Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea ( PNG), reports Post Courier

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have sent a joint statement expressing their concerns that gross violations of human rights may have been committed against HIV positive people.

They were responding to the Post-Courier report two weeks ago, quoting Margaret Marabe, a person living with HIV/AIDS and active HIV advocate who said she had seen three HIV people buried alive.read more

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