<p>(New York, January 9, 2009) - The sentencing in Dakar on January 6, 2009 of nine men who were involved in HIV-prevention work, on charges of "indecent and unnatural acts" and "forming associations of criminals," shows how laws against homosexual conduct damage HIV- and AIDS-prevention efforts as well as the work of human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today.</p>
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The winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, French scientist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (L), receives her medal and diploma from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf in the concert hall ...
