Showing 718 news articles about HIV & criminal law

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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.   

Human rights

Gay sex shouldn't be illegal, says Ghana's Minister for Justice

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Pink Paper
7 September 2011
HIV & criminal law

Expert meeting reviews scientific, medical, legal and human rights issues related to the criminalization of HIV exposure and transmission

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UNAIDS
7 September 2011
HIV & criminal law

Zimbabwean Activists Urge Tightening of Statute on Knowing HIV Transmission

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Voice of America
29 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Top court to review HIV sex law

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National Post
26 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Bulgaria Reboots Probe into Libyan Torturers of Its 'HIV Trial' Medics

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Sofia News Agency
23 August 2011
Experiences of stigma

Doctor Deters Burglars With HIV-Infected Needles

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Huffington Post
23 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Florida court holds HIV disclosure law only impacts heterosexuals

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Michigan Messenger
22 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Pass on herpes, go to jail?

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The Guardian
20 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Zimbabwe Lawmaker Sued for $1.5 Million for Alleged HIV Transmission

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Voice of America
18 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Charity hits out at jail sentence for Northampton man who gave partner herpes

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Northampton Chronicle & Echo
17 August 2011
Condoms & lubricant

Condoms-in-porn LA ballot initiative petition effort underway

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Los Angeles Times
16 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Canada: Criminalizing HIV transmission will only spread the problem

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Vancouver Sun
12 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Zimbabwe: Judge throws HIV law into question

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New Zimbabwe
12 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

HIV expert jailed for keeping woman as slave in London flat

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The Guardian
11 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

HIV-positive thief gets lesser charge for spitting

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MetroNews Canada
10 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Canada: HIV-positive Edmonton minor needed help, not a virtual posse hunting her down

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Edmonton Journal
9 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Canada: HIV-positive teen arrested, charged

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Edmonton Journal
8 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

National AIDS Trust launches report on the implications of recent-infection tests for criminal prosecutions

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NAT
4 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

Man who murdered two women by knowingly infecting them with HIV to spend 'rest of life' behind bars

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The Daily Mail
3 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

US: Rep. Lee to Introduce Anti-HIV Criminalization Bill

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Housing Works
2 August 2011
HIV & criminal law

UK: The return of the "HIV Monster"

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Criminal HIV Transmission
27 July 2011
HIV & criminal law

UK: Staffordshire man jailed for giving partner HIV

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BBC
25 July 2011
HIV & criminal law

Swedish court orders HIV-infected man into isolation

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The Local
25 July 2011
HIV & criminal law

HIV infection not a death sentence: judge

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National Post
17 July 2011