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The HCLU produced two movies about human rights lawyers who met at a meeting in Copenhagen.

The president of Bolivia is addressing the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna – watch his speech with English subs! 

Our movie features the UN drug czar urging Asian governments to close down forced detention centers and provide access to evidence-based treatment instead

Watch our movie on the Andrey Rylkov Foundation and support their fight for survival!

Last time, we reported that Portugal is facing a very difficult situation due to the economic and financial crisis. The government claims that austerity measures must be introduced because of the international commitments of the country, and as a consequence, funding for harm reduction services has been cut back significantly. Although funding is still a huge problem (mostly because payments are late and NGOs are forced to close projects), the strong and coordinated advocacy efforts of civil society organizations seem to be bearing fruit.  

Our movie features the most debated issues at the 2012 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) – please watch and share!

In our video we show how we asked the Russian drug czar to explain why he banned the website of a Russian NGO, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation – send an email and urge him to lift the ban!

Morales presented a Coca-show, the self-criticism of the US drug czar has its limits and the Russian drug czar likes to think big 

The HCLU is blogging and filming at the heart of the UN drug control regime where some states share an illusion we do not: a world free of drugs