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Indonesia scraps plan to tag PWAs

Posted on December 18, 2008 
Filed Under 365Gay, News

(Jakarta) An Indonesian province beleaguered by a spiraling HIV infection rate scrapped plans to implant microchips in those with full-blown AIDS on Tuesday, following strong opposition from government officials, health workers and rights activists.

Papua’s parliament agreed to drop a section of the health development bill that supported the tagging of …

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Tags: Activists, aids, Full Blown Aids, Government Officials, Health Development, Health Workers, hiv, Hiv Infection Rate, Indonesia, Indonesian Province, Jakarta, Microchips, Opposition, Papua, Parliament, Scraps, Tag

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