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South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat urged Harvard Friday to make its HIV research and intellectual property more available for public use. “For too long we have allowed our science to remain within the walls of academic institutions,” he said in the opening keynote address of a conference hosted at the Kennedy School of Government. Achmat expressed frustration with the American patent system. He acknowledged Harvard’s “special place” in work on AIDS, but he argued it should license its intellectual property more widely. He urged...
...Beckstead, a clinical psychologist, spoke of his research on the movement, saying that as a whole, it is “unethical and destructive.” Author and gay-rights activist Wayne Besen condemned the “ex-gay ministries” in even harsher terms, saying that they were scams supported by the right-wing to thwart the successes of the gay rights movement...
...astonishing precedent by appointing a Cabinet of exact gender parity. Also Liberia's new woman President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who broke the monolithic boys' club of Africa. She will bring economic and social justice to her country. And Zackie Achmat, who leads the world's most important AIDS activist organization. He has brought hope to millions living with AIDS in Africa...
...before deciding to flee her West Papuan home with her husband and three-year-old twin sons, Ferra Kambu says she found divine guidance. Surrounded by plastic bags containing their meager possessions in the Melbourne hotel room where the family is staying, the 36-year-old women's rights activist, one of 42 West Papuan asylum seekers released from Australian immigration detention last month on three-year protection visas, says the realization came to her clearly: "I was shown by the Lord that Australia has been given a role as the hand of God in helping to finally resolve...
...arrival of Kambu and her fellow activists has certainly thrown new light on Papua's aspirations. Her husband, 32-year-old activist Herman Wainggai, says increasing military intimidation late last year sealed the group's decision to escape. But they decided against the common solution of slipping across the border with Papua New Guinea. "We have not received any serious international attention by seeking asylum in P.N.G.," says Wainggai through an interpreter. "We decided that because of Australia's role in taking responsibility in the Pacific area we would come here." The group's lawyer, David Manne, says all have...