Prisoners may be denied life-saving HIV treatment in UAE, campaigners say

Human Rights Watch warns non-national detainees were denied drugs and kept isolated by staff who 'knew nothing about HIV'

Prisoners in the United Arab Emirates who are HIV-positive but not from the country may have been denied regular access to life-saving treatment, Human Rights Watch has warned.

On Monday the organisation claimed that non-national prisoners in at least one major UAE jail have seen delays, interruptions or a complete freeze on their access to antiretrovirals - drugs that suppress the activity of the HIV infection.