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International Human Rights Day commemoration
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
December 10, 2005

http://www.zlhr.org.zw/media/releases/dec_10_05.htm

In commemorating The International Human Rights Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights joins other like minded Zimbabweans and organisations both within and outside Zimbabwe to call upon the Government of Zimbabwe to mobilise commitment and resources towards access to Anti Retroviral Treatment for People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA).

It is an undeniable truth that access to treatment is a basic human right. The WHO reported that only 20 000 out of estimated 290 000 that require treatment are on Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART). The tiny group of PLHA on treatment report that in the past few weeks the country has run out of ARVS and a drug resistant HIV and AIDS strain is in the offing owing to interruption of treatment. This in our view is a manifestation of a health delivery system that has failed in promoting human rights. Immediate attention from the Government of Zimbabwe is required.

ZLHR also wishes to remind every Zimbabwean that they have a duty to protect and promote human rights. We also reiterate the need to promote the right to shelter and human dignity and take this opportunity to call upon the Government of Zimbabwe to cater for the victims of Operation Murambatsvina by providing decent accommodation to those who have been made homeless and allowing unimpeded access to communities in need by humanitarian and human rights groups.

Visit the ZLHR fact sheet

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