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Protesters Target UNAIDS Meeting in Geneva

As delegates streamed into WHO headquarters for the first day of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting in Geneva, nearly 30 advocates demonstrated outside near a highly-trafficked roundabout while chanting "Hey Hey, Ho Ho - Sidibé must go!" and "UNAIDS reform now!Government representatives, civil society members and UN officials will attend the three-day bi-annual PCB meeting, where sexual harassment has been thrust onto the agenda. The issue has plagued UNAIDS since news broke that its Executive Director Michel Sidibé attempted to cover up allegations that his former deputy sexually assaulted senior UNAIDS staffer Martina Brostrom in 2015. Sidibé also interfered with the subsequent investigation and threatened employees at a UNAIDS staff meeting from bringing forth future claims of abuse. Brostrom petitioned the PCB to speak at the meeting, but they denied her request citing an ongoing investigation into her [sexual harassment allegations] case against Loures.

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AFP/File | AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) activists  demand the resignation of UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe over accusations of the covering up of his former deputy, Luiz Loures, in allegations of sexual assault

AFP/File | AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) activists in Mexico City, on June 14, 2018 demand the resignation of UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe over accusations of the covering up of his former deputy, Luiz Loures, in allegations of sexual assault



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