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Some countries have used the criminal law to prosecute people living with HIV who have – or are believed to have – put others at risk of acquiring HIV. Some countries’ laws criminalise people who do not disclose their HIV status to sexual partners as well as actual cases of HIV transmission.   

AIDS laws in Asia and the Pacific are failing to protect those most vulnerable

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United Nations Development Programme
30 May 2013

Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive

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Wall Street Journal
24 May 2013

Acrobat jailed 9.5 years for HIV infection

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Yahoo!7 News
18 April 2013

Acrobat didn't know sex spread HIV: court

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news.com.au
16 April 2013

Maryland Begins HIV Decriminalization Process

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Poz magazine news
15 April 2013