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Wednesday was a busy day for activists here at the IAC. A number of actions were held--I counted at least four--including one targeting the United States for failing to fight HIV/AIDS. U.S. AIDS activists marched through the halls, media center and into the "US HIV Epidemic in 2008" session, issuing a grade of "F" to U.S. policy makers, and demanding a National AIDS Strategy and a reform of the U.S. global AIDS plan to ensure the U.S. treats four million people worldwide and funds only evidence-based HIV prevention programs.

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We, the undersigned women's and civil society groups worldwide, urgently condemn the violent arrests and sexual violations on Tuesday, July 8^th in Nairobi, of seven civil rights activists including prominent Kenyan lawyer Ann Njogu, by senior officers of the Kenyan police prior to a planned peaceful protest. These attacks represent the most recent attacks by police on democratic advocates in Kenya in a period of post-election violence in which sexual assault by police against women and children has been widely reported. They are gross violations of law: Kenya's Constitution protects free speech and assembly, while rape is a serious crime.

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