Burma stops aid for HIV/Aids victims
Kenneth Denby; 31/3/08
The authorities in Burma are risking lives and increasing the dangers of an HIV epidemic in the country by preventing foreign aid organisations from giving crucial help to patients suffering from AIDS. The ban is part of Burma’s growing hostility towards international organisations since the mass demonstrations by monks and political activists that were suppressed violently by the junta last September. The Government has prevented aid workers and diplomats from visiting some projects, made it difficult for them to secure visas and expelled the head of the UN mission in Burma for drawing attention to the humanitarian catastrophe facing the country. An HIV/AIDS project run by the opposition National League for Democracy on behalf of its detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been devastated by the arrest of its leaders and organisers by security authorities.
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