A troubling story from Egypt on the Human Rights Watch website. They report that 'Cairo police arrested four more men suspected of having HIV, signaling a wider crackdown that endangers public health and violates basic human rights...The recent arrests bring to 12 the number of men arrested in a campaign against people police suspect of being HIV-positive. Four have already been sentenced to a year in jail and eight are still in custody'. Read the full story at: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/15/egypt18064.htm
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