Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 28 2009:
A one-day Workshop on 'HIV/AIDS and the Law' was organised by the Human Rights Law Network today at the Conference Hall of Institute of Co-operative Management, Lamphelpat.
The workshop was organised on basic premises that the issues of HIV/AIDS are not confined to medical issues but also a social and economic problem.
Two books, entitled 'The Struggle for Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS in India' and 'Against Mandatory Pre-marital HIV Testing in India' were released.
A documentary film produced by the HRLN entitled 'I want to live' was also launched at the end of the workshop by L Deepak of MNP+ .
Speakers on the workshop included Firoz Khan of HRLN, Delhi and Reena Pathania, HRLN, Delhi while the session was moderated by Meihoubam Rakesh.