ARAB NEWS: RIYADH, 2 January 2007 — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has called on HIV carriers who received unfair treatment from their employers or from the public to come forward and register their cases with the rights body. The process is part of an initiative by the NSHR to gather information from HIV-positive persons on the sort of maltreatment they receive in Saudi Arabia due to their conditions.
Legislation to protect the rights of these people is likely to be announced by March. “We have sent some members of the (NSHR) board to meet with experts on HIV cases to gather their opinions and observations on the new law,” Mufleh Al-Kahtani, NSHR’s vice president, told Arab News.
The NSHR proposed the national law to protect HIV-positive persons because currently there are no laws in the Kingdom that define the rights of these patients according to Islamic law and international conventions. Report Unfair Treatment, NSHR Tells HIV Carriers >>> By Raid Qusti
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