press statements
Asian AIDS Law Database Launches Online (March 9, 2010) -- Asia Catalyst is proud to announce the “public beta” launch of its Asian AIDS Law Database. The database is a free, user-friendly resource, searchable in Chinese and English, to help researchers to find HIV/AIDS-related statutes throughout Asia. It is the first database exclusively dedicated to this purpose. English and Chinese press release (pdf) Visit the database
Asian AIDS NGOs Face Restrictions (November 25, 2009) -- Despite pledges by world leaders and the UN to support civil society, AIDS nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) face heavy restrictions in Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Vietnam, Asia Catalyst said in a report released for World AIDS Day. English press release (pdf) Download the report in English (pdf).
President Obama: Meet with NGOs on China Trip (October 19, 2009) -- President Obama should meet with directors of independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on his November trip to China, Asia Catalyst said in an open letter today. They are likely to be followed, threatened, or placed under house arrest during his visit. A meeting with him would give them some political shelter.English press release (pdf) Letter to President Obama (pdf)
International AIDS Groups Urge UN to Speak Out Against State Harassment of AIDS Activists (August 4, 2009)--UNAIDS must speak out against government restrictions on AIDS NGOs in Asia, Asia Catalyst said today at the International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). Physicians for Human Rights and over 30 international AIDS groups joined in calling on UNAIDS to take a stronger stand on the rights of frontline AIDS organizations.
Read more: English press release (pdf)
Asia Catalyst Launches Report on Barriers to AIDS Treatment for Children in China
(April 20, 2009)--Asia Catalyst announces the launch of a new report on access to treatment for children with HIV/AIDS, I Will Fight to My Last Breath: Barriers to AIDS Treatment For Children in China.
Read more: English Press Release (pdf) Chinese Press Release (pdf) Report Page
Site Links Chinese Activists with Peers Across Borders (October 2008) -- Asia Report (亚洲调查), a new Chinese-language website, will link Chinese nonprofit groups with partners in Asia, Asia Catalyst (亚洲促进会) said today. Read more(pdf).
China: Free Detained AIDS Activist (August 2008) -- The Chinese government should immediately release prominent AIDS advocate Duan Jun (段军), Asia Catalyst said today.
Read more, 中 文.
China: Expanding Crackdown on Health Websites (March 2008) -- Chinese authorities have shut down two popular websites for people with AIDS and hepatitis, and threatened the shutdown of a third unless it removes “illegal information”, Asia Catalyst said today.
Read more, 中 文.
An Appeal to the Chinese State to Rapidly Introduce Second-Line Anti-HIV Drugs (December 2007) -- Open letter from the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism AIDS Working Group, translated by Asia Catalyst. Read more(pdf).
China’s New HIV Blood Products Policy May Save Lives (New York, September 25, 2007)—China’s new plans to require central screening of all blood products for the AIDS virus is an important step toward national blood safety, and may save lives, Asia Catalyst said today. Read more, 中 文.
China Must Address Blood Safety, Compensate HIV Victims (New York, September 6, 2007)—China needs urgent international assistance to upgrade the safety of its blood supply, and should establish a national fund to compensate people infected with HIV through blood transfusions, Asia Catalyst said today. Read more, 中 文, Francais.
China AIDS Law Conference Canceled (Beijing, China, July 28, 2007)—An international conference on AIDS and law to be held in China this week has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, Asia Catalyst said today. Read more(pdf).
reports
I Will Fight to My Last Breath: Barriers to AIDS Treatment for Chldre in China, an Asia Catalyst report released in April 2009. Download the report in English (pdf) or 中 文(pdf).
AIDS Blood Scandals: What China Can Learn From the World's Mistakes, an Asia Catalyst report released in September 2007. Download the report in English(pdf) or 中 文(pdf).
On April 28, 2009, Asia Catalyst hosted a panel at NYU School of Law on pediatric AIDS in China featuring Meg Davis, Lauren Burke, Joanne Csete and Ken Legins, and moderated by Jerome A. Cohen to launch our report I Will Fight to My Last Breath: Barriers to AIDS Treatment for Children in China. Watch video here.
UN submissions
April 2009 - Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health on access to treatment for children with HIV/AIDS in China. Download the PDF
September 2008 - Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health on restrictions on Chinese HIV/AIDS NGOs in advance of the Beijing Olympics. Download the PDF
September 2008 - Joint submission with IHRA and HRW to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health on the rights of injection drug users in China. Download the PDF
other resources
Volunteer management handbook in English and in Chinese (June 2010)
Asia Catalyst strategic planning form in English or in Chinese (March 2010)
Annotated bibliography on China and Burma (December 2007)
Law and the Rights of People With HIV/AIDS (July 2007)
This bibliography includes books, NGO reports, scholarly and law review articles, medical studies of the impact of discrimination on the AIDS epidemic, legal case studies, as well as fact sheets used by AIDS law NGOs to inform HIV-positive clients about their rights.