NEWS AND RESOURCES // Forced Sterilization
April 13, 2012
This week the BBC Radio program Crossing Continents released a powerful new report uncovering Uzbekistan’s secret government program of forced sterilization.
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Uzbekistan
forced sterilization, population control, reproductive health, reproductive rights, Uzbekistan, women
March 6, 2012
The Human Rights Council issued a decision urging the Czech Government to introduce a compensation mechanism for victims of involuntary sterilization.
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Czech Republic
February 28, 2012
The Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, has launched a report on the human rights of Roma and Travelers. It includes a dedicated section on forced and coerced sterilizations of Roma and traveler women.
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Europe
December 1, 2011
This INTERIGHTS Bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of torture in health care focusing firmly on accountability, particularly in respect of hidden abuses suffered by some of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of society.
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compulsory detention, drug treatment, pain relief, reproductive rights, sex workers, tuberculosis, United Nations
December 1, 2011
On World AIDS Day 2011, The Guardian reported the story of Nonqaba Jacob, an HIV-positive woman and activist who was forcibly sterilized at Karl Bremer Hospital in South Africa while delivering her daughter via caesarian section.
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South Africa
November 23, 2011
A Czech hospital has settled a lawsuit brought by a Romani woman who was sterilized without her consent. While details of the settlement agreement have not been made public, the hospital is expected to pay half a million Czech crowns in compensation.
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Czech Republic
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