ARVs for prisoners case back in court

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The Gaborone High Court will this morning hear a case in which Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) is challenging government’s refusal to provide Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drug treatment to foreign prisoners.

Judge Bengbame Sechele will preside over the case in which government has asked to be given a chance to argue the merits of its case.

In February this year, the court handed down a default judgment and ordered the government to provide foreign inmates with free ARVs, following the failure of its representatives to appear in court.

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ARVs for prisoners case back in court

The Gaborone High Court will this morning hear a case in which Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) is challenging government’s refusal to provide Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drug treatment to foreign prisoners.

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