BONELA calls HIV positive foreign prisoners to come forward

Kelemi explained that the decision comes after the High Court declared the government’s policy of refusing ARVs to foreign prisoners irrational, unlawful and unconstitutional. It was last August when the court ordered the government to immediately provide all foreign prisoners who meet the treatment criteria with ARVs at state expense.

“Even though the Attorney General (AG) has appealed the decision, in the interim the High Court has refused a stay on the judgment’s execution.