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#StandWithLawyersCollective – SIGN THE PETITION to the Indian Government: Stop Harassing Anand Grover and Indira Jaising

The Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD) and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) have started petition to the Indian Government in order to strongly condemn recent raids on the offices and homes of Anand Grover and Indira Jaising of the Lawyers Collective, India.

July 25, 2019/by ANPUD

Immediately HALT the Executions of People who use Drugs in Sri Lanka

INPUD and ANPUD wrote an open letter to the Sri Lankan President demanding immediate halt to the executions, focusing instead on health, wellbeing, human rights, and service and healthcare provision people who use drugs, and the communities in which they live.

June 29, 2019/by ANPUD

Over 100 human rights groups urge UN to demand Sri Lanka halt executions of drug offenders

Harm Reduction International and almost 120 human rights organisations from around the world – including Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists – published open letters today calling on the United Nations’ major drug control bodies to intervene and help stop Sri Lanka’s move to resume executions after 43 years.

June 27, 2019/by ANPUD

A public appeal to the Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammed

Rajiv wrote this letter by directly addressing it to the Malaysian Prime Minister in the hope that Zaireen could still be saved from becoming victim of such level of disproportionate sentencing due to the unjust and unscientific drug law of Malaysia.

April 22, 2019/by Rajiv Kafle

What is Human Rights & who are these rights for?

Bikas represented ANPUD and delivered the statement at the OHCHR's (UN Human Rights) Consultation on Human Rights in the HIV Response "Promoting human rights in HIV response: Regional and subregional strategies and best practices".

February 21, 2019/by Bikas Gurung

Human Rights Day 2018 – “They forced me to lick my urine”: Private rehab center raided and everyone rescued

Today, the 10th of December is observed as Human Rights Day and the year 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. On this occasion, ANPUD expresses its grave concern about the fact that the human rights situation for people who use drugs has been deteriorating every day.

December 10, 2018/by ANPUD

“The REAL Problem in Disguise”: Drug Dependence Treatment Models

CND thematic Intersessional September 2018 in preparation for the ministerial segment of the 62nd session of the Commission of Narcotic Drugs (CND) - Intervention from ANPUD on demand reduction and related measures -"The Real Problem in Disguise”. The statement is a mix of lived experiences that are substantiated by scientific study results.

September 29, 2018/by ANPUD

ANPUD launches the Short Films Competition 2018 – Join NOW

ANPUD launches a regional level short films competition to celebrate 10 years of its journey. The year 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of ANPUD. The film competition is first of its kind in the history of ANPUD.

July 16, 2018/by ANPUD

Open letter re exclusion of naloxone at AIDS 2018

INPUD - alongside numerous other drug user networks and harm reduction organisations - have written to the Responsible Alderman for Health Care (Wethouder) Ms. Kukenheim, emphasising we are deeply concerned by the decision of International AIDS Society (IAS) and the Public Health Service of Amsterdam (GGD, Amsterdam) to exclude naloxone as a component of harm reduction services at AIDS 2018.

June 29, 2018/by ANPUD

The war on drugs is a war on us – 26th June is the reminder

Every year 26th June is a reminder of the fact that people who use drugs are universally criminalized, that our lives are regarded as less valuable, that our basic human rights are simply denied, that moral grounds still overrule scientific evidences and that the extrajudicial killings and perpetual suffering inflicted upon lives of people who use drugs have started to become a new normal. The war on drugs is an outright attack to the human rights. The war on drugs is a war on us.

June 26, 2018/by ANPUD

188 NGOs call on the United Nations to condemn Bangladesh drug war

ANPUD and IDPC led a joint petition that brought together 174 Community and Civil society organizations calling on the UN to take action in response to the killing of 130 people suspected of drug dealing by the Bangladeshi police.

June 6, 2018/by ANPUD

ANPUD calls on Bangladesh government to immediately stop the war on drugs

The Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD) urgently calls on Hon. Prime Minister Mrs. Sheikh Hasina and Hon. Home Minister Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan of the government of Bangladesh to immediately stop the extra-judicial killings of people suspected of using or selling drugs. We express our grave concerns over the war on drugs approach opted by the Bangladesh government that has already resulted in over 100 lives and over 12000 arrests since its launch in mid-May 2018.

May 30, 2018/by ANPUD

Open Letter to Netflix CEO Mr. Reed Hastings:

The Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD) and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) have released an open letter to Mr. Reed Hastings, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Netflix. In the letter, the two human rights organizations demand that Netflix immediately cancel plans to stream the Philippines drug war series “AMO” that actively promotes murder, extrajudicial killings, violence, and the war on drugs in the Philippines.

April 6, 2018/by ANPUD

An Open Letter to Apple CEO Mr. Tim Cook: Immediately remove apps that are promoting war on drugs in the Philippines.

In the letter, 131 organizations including human rights and drug policy reform groups have demanded Apple to immediately remove apps (games) that are promoting murder, extrajudicial killings, violence, and the war on drugs in the Philippines.

October 11, 2017/by ANPUD

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

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