Activists have posted photos of a protest held yesterday at the Treasury Department on DC.Indymedia.

The protest included representatives from a variety of organizations demanding debt relief for impoverished third world nations from international lending organizations. Organizers argued the IMF and World Bank was more interested in collecting money than helping combat the global AIDS pandemic.

Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that the Treasury Department was preparing a plan for debt relief, an announcement which made the participants of yesterday’s protest “cautiously optimistic” about their cause.

The protest was covered by the AP in a widely-reprinted story. (Photo from DC Indymedia)