HCLU's Media

Clean Needles Save Lives - Needle Exchange in the US

HCLU — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:23:34 -0800

The federal ban on Needle exchange in the US is finally shifted after 21 years. This is a movie about how needle exchange helps to protect communities from death and disease. HCLU made it in cooperation with the New York based NGO, Harm Reduction Coalition - to learn more, go to our website: http://drogriporter.hu/en/needle

Without Rights - Romani issues

HCLU — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:40:49 -0800

A new documentary film by HCLU on the situation of Romani people in Hungary. Why would a local government pass a law that forces clubs to close at 10 pm, in an area where the only place open at that time happenes to be Romani? How can someone be accused of carrying 700 kg of wood on a bicycle? How can a case be labelled as a false alarm when the whole street witnessed a gun being pointed at a pregnant woman? How can the parents of six children be put in prison for two of their children skipping school? The film deals with such issues.

During the aftermath of murders of Romani people in Tatárszentgyörgy, Péter Juhász and Bence Békés began visiting villages around Ózd to support the Romani people living in the area. With advocacy tools provided by the HCLU, they joined in helping these communities advocate for themselves and fight discrimination more effectively. We have documented their work, this films is the first piece in documenting their work and revealing what they found.

IF THE FILM LOADS SLOWLY, JUST START IT, THEN PAUSE AND WAIT UNTIL ENOUGH OF IT LOADS FOR SMOOTH PLAYBACK. THEN CLICK PLAY ONCE MORE.

Since the summer of 2009, the HCLU has become more and more involved with cases involving Romani people. The aim of our program is to improve the advocacy skills of Romani communities, offer mediation services in problematic cases and, through strategic litigation, to take up the gauntlet against institutionalized discrimination and magisterial niggling, all of which make the situtation of people living in poverty impossibly difficult. Our aim is also to inform the public about the everyday problems and miserable living conditions associated with deep poverty.

A Heroin User in Stockholm

HCLU — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:29:15 -0700

An HCLU film on why there is still no needle exchange program in the city of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, while according to a recent study, the prevalence of Hepatitis C among injecting users is 85%? As it is said in the film, Sweden is always a champion of human rights when its about other countries, but not, when it comes to their drug users or sex workers. The film is made in cooperation with the Swedish Drug Users Union.

WITH ENGLISH AND HUNGARIAN SUBTITLE!

IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TRANSLATE THE SUBTITLE INTO YOUR OWN LANGUAGE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE TEXT HERE: www.drogriporter.hu/en/stockholmnsp

Kyrgyzstan - Pioneers of Harm Reduction

HCLU — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:58:51 -0700

The Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia is situated on a drug trafficking route. With its 80-100 thousand drug users, of which more than half use drugs intravenously, the country found itself with a severe HIV epidemic. Kyrgyzstan has been the first in the region to introduce science and evidence based harm reduction strategies, like needle and syringe exchange programs and methadone maintenance therapy. This film documents how these strategies proved to be successful in curbing the HIV epidemic in the country.

A Drug-Free Sweden: By All Means?

HCLU — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:59:42 -0700

An HCLU film about the dream of a drug-free Sweden: is Swedish drug policy really as succesful as its allies claim?

A Drug-free World: Reloaded

HCLU — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:50:20 -0700

Witness from the inside what is happening at the 2009 UN meeting on drugs. 10 years ago they decided to create a drug free world by 2008. They failed to reach their target, but instead of learning from their mistakes they committed themselves to a drug-free world again. Only the deadline changed: it's 2019. Watch country delegates run away from answering and sleep through drug war mantra.

Questioning Costa's Answer

HCLU — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:46:01 -0700

Dr. Polak had the opportunity to debate Mr. Costa again at a high level UN meeting in Vienna, on March 12, 2009. Watch the video of the event.

Protest Against the Global Drug War - 11.03.2009

HCLU — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:37:33 -0700

The United Nations held its High Level Meeting on drugs on March 11-12, 2009 in Vienna. HCLU and its allies, SSDP, INPUD, ENCOD and Youth R.I.S.E. organized a demonstration against the global war on drugs on March 11, at the entrance of the Vienna International Center, to call for a drug policy based on human rights and harm reduction.

U.N. Drug Policy Reform, with Harry Resin - Canada

HCLU — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:39:04 -0700

Message from Harry Resin, a Canadian living in Amsterdam, to the governmental delegates to the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 11-12, 2009 Vienna.

U.N. Drug Policy Reform, with Daan van Leeuwen - The Netherlands

HCLU — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:34:08 -0700

Message from Daan van Leeuwen from MDHG - Drug Users Union from Amsterdam to the governmental delegates to the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 11-12, 2009 Vienna.