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DAR ES SALAAM, 18 June 2013 (IRIN): Sexual minorities, sex workers and people who use drugs, are at a higher risk of HIV than the general population.
But in Tanzania, they, too, face widespread police abuse (mishandling /chikane) and discrimination in health facilities, according to the new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition (WASO), a local rights group.
The report, “Treat Us Like Human Beings”: Discrimination against Sex Workers, Sexual and Gender Minorities, and People Who Use Drugs in Tanzania”, documents abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, and drug users.
Abuses include denial of health services, violations of confidentiality and denial of freedom of association, as well as verbal harassment (overfusning), arbitrary (vilkårlig) arrest, extortion (afpresning), assault, torture, rape and murder.
“These human rights violations contribute to an environment in which men who have sex with men, transgender people (transseksuelle), sex workers and people who inject (indtager) drugs have become increasingly distrustful of the state,” the two organizations said in a joint statement on 18 June.
“Their fears undermine public health initiatives that depend on cooperation and partnership between the government and key populations that are most at risk of HIV infection.”
High-risks groups
The report was conducted between May 2012 and April 2013, with authors interviewing 121 members of high-risk groups, as well as Tanzanian government officials, service providers and academics.
Tanzania’s HIV prevalence (udbredelse) is 5,8 percent of the population, according to UNAIDS, but high-risk groups have significantly higher rates.
In a 2011 survey in one district of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, 34 percent of people who injected drugs, were tested positive for HIV, while separate data from Dar es Salaam showed that female sex workers’ HIV prevalence was 31,4 percent.
A 2009 review reported an HIV prevalence of 12,4 percent among MSM (mandlige homoseksuelle) in Tanzania.
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