Restrictions on AIDS Activists in China

This 57-page report based on on-the-ground interviews with Chinese AIDS
activists, gay rights activists, activists working with drug users, and
website managers shows that while senior officials have said they want
to encourage China's emerging civil society, many AIDS activists face
state harassment and bureaucratic restrictions. First-hand accounts
provided to Human Rights Watch reveal that activists conducting AIDS
information workshops or working with those at high risk of HIV have
been harassed or detained, and that pornography laws are used to censor
websites providing AIDS information to gay men and lesbians under
pornography laws.