NYC Vigil for Kamiar and Arash Alaei: Treating AIDS is Not a Crime!

Host:  Kamiar and Arash Alaei Information Group
Type: Causes - Rally
Network: Global
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Location: Iranian Mission to the UN
Street: 3 United Nations Plaza
City/Town: New York, NY

Phone: 16173014243
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Kamiar and Arash Alaei are well-known Iranian HIV/AIDS physicians who have made breakthroughs in harm reduction and stood up for the health and human rights of the people of Iran. Instead of being rewarded for their groundbreaking work, they've been thrown into prison in Iran-and they need your help.

The Alaeis were tried on charges of with communicating with an enemy government in late 2008, and in January 2009 were sentenced to 3 years (Kamiar) and 6 years (Arash) in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Their crime: practicing good medicine and sharing public health knowledge with colleagues across the globe-including in the US.

Their arrest robs the world of two great physicians and has a chilling effect on public health dialogue and diplomacy worldwide.

On May 12th the global HIV/AIDS community will stand up and say with one voice that "Treating AIDS is not Crime!" and call for Kamiar and Arash to be released.

Join us in NYC for a vigil at the Iranian Mission to the UN to call on the Iranian Government to support the Human Rights of Kamiar and Arash.

This vigil is part of a global day of action that is happening in over 12 different countries right now:
http://tinyurl.com/ctz3wv

We've developed several resources so you can participate no matter where you are:
http://iranfreethedocs.org/global-day-resources/