A vivacious roar of 200 voices from around the world could be heard spilling out of the SVA theater last night on West 23 rd Street. Representatives from the ICW: International Community of Women living with HIV (in town for UN meetings), people from the neighborhood, and others from across the 5 boroughs, gathered to watch HIV IS NOT A CRIME and POSITIVE WOMEN: EXPOSING INJUSTICE.
Visual AIDS Blog reports on New York screening of two powerful anti-criminalisation documentaries
News curated from other sources

US: Arkansas’s outdated HIV laws fuel fear and deter people from getting tested and treated
Advocates call on Arkansas lawmakers to decriminalize HIV, fund treatment and prevention
May 1, 2026

Senegal: Arrests threaten Senegal’s HIV response as patients avoid clinics
HIV patients in Senegal skip treatment, fearing arrest amid anti-LGBTQ crackdown
April 30, 2026

Canada: A new podcast series from the HIV Legal Network on HIV criminalisation and indigenous realities
Not a Crime: Indigenous perspectives on HIV criminalization
April 22, 2026

US: HIV Law reform bill moves forward in Louisiana legislature
Louisiana has one of the harshest HIV exposure laws. Lawmakers advanced a bill to modernize it.
April 13, 2026

Senegal: CCM Senegal condemns disclosure of HIV test results
Disclosure of HIV test results: The president of the CCM Senegal denounces a violation of the law
April 11, 2026
News by the HIV Justice Network

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