Lessons not learned: Human rights abuses and HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation

This 62-page report documents how harsh drug policies and routine police harassment of injection drug users - the population hit hardest by AIDS in Russia - impedes their access or makes them afraid to seek basic HIV-prevention services such as syringe exchange, which is available in other countries around the world. Now that AIDS is rapidly spreading into the general population, these misguided policies have widespread consequences.