One in four women in Central European and Central Asian prisons locked up for drug offences – according to a new study published by Harm Reduction International (HRI)

Our movie features Mr. Yuri Fedotov, the head of the UN Agency on Drug and Crime (UNODC), making an ambiguous statement on harm reduction at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) this year

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

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!

Watch and share our movie to raise awareness on the human rights consequences of the global war on drugs! Read more >>

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) announces a Call for Applications to its 5 day long Video Advocacy Training to be held in Budapest on 20-26 May 2012. Application deadline is 19 March, 2012.