HIV criminalisation cases

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Senegal: Crackdown on LGBTQ+ people intensifies with multiple arrests

Latest update 27 February 2026

According to HJN monitoring data, since early February authorities in Senegal have arrested around 35 individuals on allegations of “acts against nature” and “voluntary HIV transmission”. Newspapers’ reports indicate that the people arrested were subjected to forced HIV testing and…

Senegal: Crackdown on LGBTQ+ people intensifies with multiple arrests

Kazakhstan: Two trans sex workers under investigation for alleged HIV exposure

[Update]Türkiye: Reclassification of murder charge as intentional injury and 10 months sentence upheld by High Court

[Update]UK: Closing stages resume in Newcastle HIV transmission trial

US: Nurse under investigation over potential HIV exposure incident in Texas jail

US: Inmate living with HIV charged with assault with a deadly weapon in zero-risk spitting incident

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 3 years and 1 month’ imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission despite partner’s knowledge

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 1 year and 2 months’ imprisonment for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Woman on HIV treatment sentenced for HIV exposure despite partner requesting leniency

[Update] Zimbabwe: Court allows constitutional challenge to HIV transmission charge

US: Woman arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

US: 39 year-old man charged with alleged HIV exposure

[Update] UK : 31 year-old man convicted of alleged HIV transmission jailed for four-and-a-half years

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to four years of restriction of liberty for alleged HIV exposure

US: Woman arrested in Florida for alleged failure to disclose her HIV status prior to sexual activity

Uzbekistan: Court orders psychiatric treatment after ruling mental incapacity in HIV transmission case

[Update] Russia: Nurse appeals four-year sentence over HIV and hepatitis C infections at Nalchik clinic

South Korea: Gwangju Court sentences a man to eight months for alleged HIV non-disclosure

US: Raleigh patient sentenced to 91 days in jail for alleged blood exposure at hospital

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 3 years of restricted liberty for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Court maintains HIV exposure conviction while delaying jail term for child’s welfare

Malaysia: Spa owner fined for alleged HIV exposure

[Update]Senegal: Migrant sex worker on treatment sentenced to one month in jail

Uzbekistan: Court convicts woman despite undetectable viral load and partner’s prior knowledge

France: Teacher found guilty on two charges but acquitted of deliberate HIV transmission

[Update]Thailand: Ongoing dispute highlights conflicting narratives around HIV accusations

US: Police investigates case of alleged non-disclosure of HIV status before sexual encounter

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 2 years in penal colony for alleged HIV transmission

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 4 years in a general-regime colony for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Court of appeal upholds original verdict and sentence in case of alleged HIV exposure

Russia: Court finds man guilty of deliberate HIV exposure for stabbing police officer with syringe

Uzbekistan: HIV exposure case dismissed following mental health assessment

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to four years restricted liberty for alleged HIV transmission to spouse

France: Man sentenced to 5 Years, with 3 years suspended, for alleged HIV transmission

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 3 years and 4 months restricted liberty for alleged HIV transmission

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to restricted liberty for 3 years, 10 months, and 20 days for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Court finds man guilty of HIV exposure and imposes a sentence of restricted liberty

Kenya: Nairobi prosecution underway in case involving alleged HIV transmission

Brazil: Woman arrested after accidental HIV needle injury to nurse

Uzbekistan: Court rules woman guilty of HIV exposure despite partner’s consent and awareness

Zimbabwe: High Court quashes sentence over procedural errors but upholds conviction in HIV case

Uzbekistan: Defendant receives five-year restricted liberty sentence in HIV exposure case

Uzbekistan: Appeals Court lowers sentence from 2 years to 6 months in HIV-exposure case

Uzbekistan: Court imposes 3 years of restricted liberty in HIV transmission case

Uzbekistan: Court imposes two-year restriction of liberty for HIV Exposure despite partner’s awareness and consent

Russia: 42-year-old resident of Sarapul found guilty of alleged HIV exposure

US: Student charged with alleged HIV exposure in Louisiana

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 2 years in jail for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Suspended sentence for woman charged with alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Court sentences woman for alleged HIV transmission despite disclosure to partner

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to two years and six months of correctional labor for alleged HIV transmission

US: Blood test warrant leads to new HIV-exposure charges in Arkansas

US: 34-year-old man charged with felonious assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure

[Update] US: Georgia man on murder charges for alleged HIV transmission seeks more preparation time before trial

US: Man living with HIV faces assault charges for accidental needle exposure

Uzbekistan: Court upholds conviction for alleged HIV exposure in Tashkent

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to two years’ correctional labour for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Khorezm Appeal Court upholds six-year sentence in HIV transmission case

Uzbekistan: Defendant receives 4-year restriction of liberty for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Uzbekistan: Woman convicted of HIV exposure given 3 years and 6 months non-custodial sentence

[Update]Ireland: Man whose conviction for alleged HIV transmission was overturned by Supreme Court is deported

Uzbekistan: HIV exposure verdict upheld by Mirzaabad Court

US: Man charged with alleged HIV exposure in South Carolina

UK: Woman remanded in custody in Scotland after throwing blood at police and stating she was HIV positive and had Hep C

Uzbekistan: Two-year prison term for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Canada: Man sentenced to 9 months in jail for spitting on paramedic

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment for HIV transmission and forgery of medical certificate

Russia : Man sentenced to 1.5 years’ imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Russia: Appeal court upholds original 1.5 years sentence in HIV transmission case

Russia: Woman sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission and exposure

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in open correctional facility for alleged HIV exposure

Russia: 42-year-old man sentenced to one year in jail for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 4 years of restriction of liberty for alleged HIV transmission

[Update] Latvia: Appeal against first HIV transmission case dismissed by Supreme Court

Uzbekistan: 3 years non-custodial sentence of correctional labour for man in HIV transmission case

Uzbekistan: 2 years of restriction of liberty for man accused of alleged HIV non-disclosure and exposure

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 3 years in penal colony for alleged HIV non-disclosure

South Korea: 43-year-old man sentenced to 18 months for HIV non-disclosure and substance use

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 3-years imprisonment for HIV-exposure loses appeal

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 3 years restriction of liberty for alleged HIV non-disclosure