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Possible resumption of disobedience campaign

    JOHANNESBURG

    A recently suspended civil disobedience campaign could be high on the agenda of the South African Treatment Action Campaign's (TAC) current national congress meeting.

    TAC said in a statement that it had temporarily suspended the campaign "to give the government space and opportunity to commit, on its own terms, to a national treatment and prevention plan which included antiretroviral therapy".

    However, with little change since its April suspension, TAC warned that the subsequent return to civil disobedience could be more intense than before.

    "The disobedience campaign will be a critical topic at the three-day meeting, and it is quite likely there could be calls for its resumption," TAC national manager, Nathan Geffen, said.

    According to Geffen some 500 people, including international AIDS activists and a UNAIDS observer were expected to attend the meeting.

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