Chained Addiction, AIDS Let Loose In Asia

John Stanmeyer

VII for TIME Magazine

Chained drug addicts fighting at the Masjid Nurul Alam. Jakarta, Indonesia. The head of the mosque is taking this radical approach as he feels it is the only way to keep addicts away from the needle as well as to avoid getting HIV/AIDS. The Indonesian government is far too burdened with separatist issues and terrorism to be focusing on the human rights related to chaining people to poles for up to 8 weeks.Keeping Down AIDS. Chained drug addicts fighting at the Masjid Nurul Alam. Jakarta, Indonesia. The head of the mosque is taking this radical approach as he feels it is the only way to keep addicts away from the needle as well as to avoid getting HIV/AIDS. The Indonesian government is far too burdened with separatist issues and terrorism to be focusing on the human rights related to chaining people to poles for up to 8 weeks.Chained drug addicts fighting at the Masjid Nurul Alam. Jakarta, Indonesia. The head of the mosque is taking this radical approach as he feels it is the only way to keep addicts away from the needle as well as to avoid getting HIV/AIDS. The Indonesian government is far too burdened with separatist issues and terrorism to be focusing on the human rights related to chaining people to poles for up to 8 weeks.

John Stanmeyer, "Chained Addiction, AIDS Let Loose In Asia," in POYi Archive, Item #33401, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/33401 (accessed May 14, 2025).