Bill Clinton's speech at international AIDS conference disrupted by protesters
The former US president was giving the closing speech at the conference when activists interrupted the remarks, walking down the central aisle of the conference hall with red umbrellas.
The protesters, including the civil-rights activist, Cecilia Chung, were demanding the decriminalisation of sex workers and drug users and arguing for the next conference in 2020 not to be held in the US.
The planned location of San Francisco for the conference – which is held every two years in a different city – is fiercely opposed by activist groups because of a hostile environment in Trump’s America to groups most affected by the condition.
The travel ban by President Trump which limits entry to the US from certain Muslim-majority countries is also given as a reason why San Francisco is an unsuitable location as the conference aims to provide a global response to HIV and AIDS. The ban could make it hard for delegates to get visas to attend the conference.
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