Venta needed treatment for his drug problem. Instead, he was tortured. In all corners of the world, people who use drugs are forcibly detained in “rehabilitation” centers where they may be subjected to beatings, forced labor, medical experimentation, denial of basic health care (including evidence-based drug treatment), and other severe human rights violations. Like Venta, [...]
A young man is left to die in pain because of archaic restrictions on medicines. A woman is sterilized without her consent because she has HIV. A teenager with a drug problem is locked away in a “treatment” center where he is beaten and abused. The Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care is working [...]
In Asia hundreds of thousands of drug users are detained under inhumane circumstances in compulsory rehabilitation centers. HCLU’s short film is about these centers. For more information visit: drogriporter.hu