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    Posted July 9, 2009 by
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    AIDS Activists Protest in Capitol Rotunda

    By sls3  |  Posted July 9, 2009  |  Washington, District of Columbia
     

    On July 9th, 2009 HIV/AIDS activists from all over the North East in the U.S. came together in D.C. to stage a protest in the Capitol Rotunda. The protesters chained themselves together and had t-shirts, posters, and a massive banner to call attention to their three major demands. These demands are: to lift the federal ban on clean needle exchange, increase funding to the AIDS Global Fund, and provide money for housing (support HOPWA). This is a video of the protest as it began. 26 people were eventually arrested for unlawful gathering, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace (essentially a noise violation).

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