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Dr. Kamiar Alaei and his brother Dr. Arash Alaei are two Iranian HIV/AIDS doctors who were detained in Tehran's Evin prison from June 2008 through Dec 2010 and August 2011, respectively. Prior to their arrest, they developed harm-reduction programs in Iran and developed the program Global Health in the Middle East and Central Asia, an HIV/AIDS training program for regional health experts.〔(), UAlbany School of Public Health Student Named Asia21 Fellow.〕 The doctors were tried in a one-day, secret trial on December 31, 2008〔(), Albany Times-Union, Dec. 31, 2008〕 for alleged conspiracy to overthrow the Iranian government and with a number of charges including: “communications with an enemy government” and seeking to overthrow the Iranian government under article 508 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code. Speaking at a press conference, Iranian Judiciary spokesperson Ali-Reza Jamshidi claimed: “They were linked to the CIA, backed by the US government and State Department… They recruited and trained people to work with different espionage networks to launch a velvet overthrow of the Iranian government”.〔(), Tehran Times.〕 On January 20, 2009 the brothers and their attorney were informed that they had been convicted. Arash was sentenced to six years in prison; Kamiar was sentenced to three years.〔(), Albany Times-Union, Jan. 21, 2009〕 The brothers received Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award from the New York Academy of Science in 2009,〔 (),〕 the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights by the Global Health Council in June 2011,〔 () , USA TODAY.〕 and the first award for leadership in health and Human Rights by PAHO/WHO in Dec.2011 On July 21, 2012 the brothers received the inaugural Elizabeth Taylor Award in Recognition of Efforts to Advocate for Human Rights in the field of HIV during the opening ceremonies of the AIDS 2012 conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iasociety.org/Web/WebContent/File/Press_Release_Elizabeth_Taylor_Award_20_July_2012.pdf )〕 On April 20, 2013 Alaei brothers were honored Citizens of the University〔() 2013 Excellence Award Recipients of SUNY at University at Albany,〕 == Education and background == Born in Tehran with parents from Kermanshah, the brothers became aware of Iran’s HIV/AIDS problem after completing their medical training.〔(), Iran's AIDS-prevention program among world's most progressive.〕 Since 1997, they have sought to integrate prevention and care of HIV/AIDS, sexually-transmitted infections and drug-related harm reduction into Iran's national health care system. Iran has the highest proportion of hard drug users of any country in the world.〔(), BBC News, "Tackling Iran's heroin habit".〕 Dr. Kamiar Alaei was formerly the executive director of the Iranian NGO Pars Institute〔(), Open Society Institute.〕 working on the prevention, care, and support for carriers of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Kamiar Alaei received both his MD and MPH in Iran.〔(), SUNY Downstate〕 Dr. Kamiar Alaei was the recipient of an INF/EMF long term fellowship in 2005 to train at the Harvard School of Public Health〔 (), INF〕 He received a Master's of Science in Population and International Health from Harvard University in 2007 and he earned his second doctorate in health policy at the SUNY Albany School of Public Health in 2013, where he has served as a public service professor.,.〔(), Albany Times-Union, "Albany Student Detained in Iran".〕〔(), Department of Public Administration & Polic,"Rockefeller College".〕 Dr. Arash Alaei is the former Director of the International Education and Research Cooperation of the Iranian National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. With his guidance, Iran instituted a nationwide needle-exchange program; instituted condom distribution in health-care clinics across the country, and methadone treatment centers sprouted in every province.〔(), Washington Post, "In Iran, Searching for Common Ground."〕 He was scheduled to speak at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in August, 2008.〔()〕〔(), Nerve News India, "Human-rights groups demand release of Iranian AIDS experts".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kamiar and Arash Alaei incident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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