Russia’s obstinacy when it comes to considering evidence-informed approaches has come at an enormous cost – along with increasing overdose rates, the country’s number of HIV infections has been growing at an alarming rate of 10 per cent annually.
As a result of the visit, municipality representatives from Bandung and Surabaya developed a follow up plan to introduce activities they found useful during the field visit.
Myanmar has taken another tentative step away from draconian punishments for drug offences. The country joined several ASEAN nations and China in Bangkok yesterday in a joint commitment to strengthen “community-based health services” for people who use drugs around the region.
Reprieve has called for “urgent clarification of the European Commission’s policy on funding counter-narcotics operations in Iran”, following reports in the Iranian media that a UNODC official said the EU was actively seeking to provide support for Iranian drug enforcement operations.
"The Philippine government should acknowledge the death penalty's barbarity and reject any moves to reinstate it," Phelim Kine, Asia deputy director at Human Rights Watch said in a statement Saturday.
