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Forced sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan
Friday, 13 April 2012 09:01
BBC Radio 4 brought a story about forced sterilisation in Uzbekistan on April 12th. Reporter Natalia Antelava of BBC World Service researched the issue and talked to doctors and women sterilised without their knowledge or consent.
Joint UN statement calls for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres
Friday, 09 March 2012 20:31
A joint statement issued by twelve UN agencies* yesterday (March 8, 2012) calls for closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres.
New FIGO guidelines on sterilisation
Monday, 13 February 2012 22:03
Last year, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) published new guidelines on sterilisation and informed consent. The document acknowledges that there is ample evidence of a long history of forced and otherwise non-consensual sterilisations of women, including Roma women in Europe, women with disabilities and women living with HIV.
Ruling European Court of Human Rights on forced sterilisation
Monday, 05 December 2011 14:01
In a groundbreaking decision, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that forced sterilisation is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Several years ago, a Roma woman was forcibly sterilised in a state hospital in Eastern Slovakia during a Caesarean section.
New fact sheet on forced or coerced sterilisation
Friday, 07 October 2011 13:14
A new Open Society Foundations fact sheet provides information on instances of forced sterilisation of racial and ethnic minorities, poor women, women living with HIV, and women with disabilities.
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Since February 2013, over 20 people held in custody in Guantanamo Bay have been in hunger strike. There are reports that the US has sent in doctors and nurses, who assist in forced feeding, a recogniced violation of human rights and a breach of medical ethics.
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