I urge everyone to read Dr. Rath's analysis (see PDF files below).
Ingrid Blank/South Africa

 South African Lawsuit Exposes Pharmaceutical Colonialism
     March 23, 2007
     Cape Town/Santa Clara. South Africa is the one of the countries
hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic - and a multibillion dollar market for
pharmaceutical drugs. Now, two organizations promoting these antiretroviral
drugs (ARV) have staged in a showdown in court between these highly toxic
ARVs and the use of micronutrients as key factors to fight immune
deficiencies. The "South African Medical Association" (SAMA) and a group of
ARV street promoters have jointly challenged Dr. Rath, a pioneer in vitamin
research, and the South African government. Now Dr. Rath has filed his
analysis of pharmaceutical colonialism and its genocidal consequences for
the people in the developing world in this landmark court case, a must-read
for everyone interested in health and social justice.

     In Africa and other regions of the world, the brutal colonialism of
previous decades has been silently replaced by an even more cruel and deady
form of suppression - pharmaceutical colonialism. Under the mask of a
"Mother Theresa" pharmaceutical multinationals are using the developing
world as a testing ground and as a multi-billion market place for its
controversial, toxic and often deadly drugs.

     Leading this attack on the health and lives of millions of people in
the developing world are the manufacturers of so-called antiretroviral drugs
(ARV). These derivatives of highly toxic cancer chemotherapeutics are being
promoted to millions of people in Africa and other parts of the world -
including children and pregnant women. Under the pretence of curing the
immune deficiency disease AIDS these toxic drugs have long been known to do
exactly the opposite: they attack the immune system, damage and destroy it
and - thereby - make the already existing immune deficiency condition worse.

     The Dr. Rath Health Foundation has repeatedly called this unscrupulous
promotion of toxic drugs to the poorest and most vulnerable inhabitants of
our planet as "genocide". More over it has continuously exposed
organizations and individuals who directly and indirectly share
responsibility for this genocide. Not surprisingly these organizations are
launching their counter attacks.

     In the court of Cape Town, South Africa, a landmark trial will take
place later this year where these organizations promoting deadly ARV drugs
are seeking "approval" for their unscrupulous activities.

     While none of the ARV drugs is registered as a cure for AIDS, the
South African Medical Association (SAMA) and the Treatment Action Campaign
(TAC) are continuously ignoring this fact. In media, street rallies and
court rooms they think to get ARV drugs "approved" as a "cure for AIDS" - a
"stamp of approval" that all regulatory agencies in the world have denied
for good reason: there is no scientific evidence.

     In the trial in Cape Town, SAMA and the TAC have accused Dr. Rath, the
Dr. Rath Health Foundation, several scientists as well as the government of
South Africa (!) for promoting vitamins and other science based natural
health approaches to the AIDS epidemic. In an unprecedented wave of
hypocrisy SAMA and the TAC are seeking to outlaw the preventive and
therapeutic use of vitamins in the battle against AIDS. At the same time
they are trying to abuse this court trial to establish toxic ARV drugs -
against all scientific evidence - as the only "proven" therapy for AIDS.

     Following is the response of Dr. Rath to this remarkable attack on the
health and lives of the people of South Africa and beyond.

     You can read the full text of Dr. Rath's analysis and his
documentation for the High Court of Cape Town here:

       a.. Summary (PDF, 121 kB)
       b.. Introduction Part A: The Background of this Application (PDF,
360 kB)
       c.. Introduction Part B: The Global Historical Perspective of this
Case (PDF, 761 kB)
       d.. Introduction Part C: The Work of the Dr. Rath Health Foundation
(PDF, 389 kB)
       e.. Introduction Summary (PDF, 104 kB)
     Read all parts of Dr. Rath's analysis in one PDF (1.13 MB)

      http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/pdf-files/2007march/drrath-affidavit-march2007.pdf