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20 May 2010

WOLA and 80 Colombian organisations receive death threat

On Friday, May 14, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) received a death threat allegedly from the Colombian paramilitary group The Black Eagles directed at over 80 Colombian human rights, Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, internally displaced and labor rights organisations and individuals. The threat states “as so called human rights defenders don’t think you can hide behind the offices of the Inspector General or other institutions... we are watching you and you can consider yourselves dead.”
20 May 2010

International Groups Call for Closure of Drug Detention Centres

Several UN agencies and other groups have recently issued statements opposing drug detention centres and calling for their closure. In response to a letter from Human Rights Watch, UNAIDS head Michel Sidibe called for the “earliest possible closure of detention centres.” The World Health Organization also sent its own letter reiterating the UNAIDS stance.
20 May 2010

Reducing the harm of drug use and drug policies - OSI Blog

Whether it's Afghanistan or Colombia, drug-producing countries face strikingly similar challenges: severe control policies push communities deeper into poverty, worsen conflicts, cause rights violations, uproot people, and damage the environment. Harm reduction strategies are cheap, effective and easy to implement. Yet rarely have they been implemented by countries producing illicit crops.
20 May 2010

Launch of the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy

The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP) is an international network of scientists, academics, and health practitioners committed to improving the health and safety of communities and individuals affected by illicit drugs. The ICSDP conducts scientific research in the form of systematic reviews, evidence-based drug policy guidelines, and research collaborations with scientists and institutions across continents and disciplines.
26 April 2010

The Dark Side of Drug Policies – Scholarships for Journalists

HCLU is now calling for applications to the “The Dark Side of Drug Policies” scholarship for journalists who are prepared to work on an investigative report about a specific problem generated by drug policies in their countries. The aim of the scholarship is raise media awareness on the consequences of drug control policies at the local or national level.
20 April 2010

Italian goverment's position on harm reduction raises opposition among the NGOs

During the negotiations on the EU resolution in view of CND 2010, the Italian government tried to challenge the European wide position on Harm Reduction. This fact has raised a harsh debate between the Italian Drug Policy Department and a group of Italian NGOs. The controversy was reported in the Italian national paper Il Manifesto (article by Salvina Rissa), and Italian NGOs released a statement, available below.
20 April 2010

Become a fan of the new facebook page on Methadone

Welcome to the new Facebook fan page dedicated to methadone. Through this page, we can collaborate with fellow NGOs to create a large group that will attract press attention and engage the public in the struggle around access to OST in many countries, Russia and Scotland being the most pertinent current examples.