HIV criminalisation cases

The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global news reports.

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Senegal: Crackdown on LGBTQ+ people intensifies with multiple arrests [updated daily]

Latest update 4 May 2026

According to HJN monitoring data, since early February authorities in Senegal have arrested over 100 individuals on allegations of “acts against nature”. Amongst these, at least 33 have also been charged with “voluntary HIV transmission” on the sole basis of…

Senegal: Crackdown on LGBTQ+ people intensifies with multiple arrests [updated daily]

US: Trial for man charged in Ohio with felonious assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure to start in June

US: Mississippi court sets $50,000 bond in multi-charge case including HIV exposure allegations

[Update]UK: 43 year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment in Newcastle HIV transmission trial

Uzbekistan: Court partially grants appeal in HIV transmission case and reduces prison term

India: Police arrests lab technician in HIV blood transfusion case

Russia: Police opens criminal case against woman for alleged HIV exposure

US: 32 year-old man charged with HIV non-disclosure in Indiana

Uzbekistan: Court upholds three-year sentence for alleged HIV exposure

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

[Update] Uzbekistan: Fergana court rejects appeal for harsher punishment in HIV exposure case

Uzbekistan: Woman receives 4 years non-custodial sentence for alleged HIV transmission

Italy: 65 year-old man acquitted of “deliberate HIV transmission” due to lack of intent

Uzbekistan: Court revokes prior suspended sentence and imposes prison term in HIV exposure case

Senegal: Court dismisses HIV transmission charge but jails defendant for “unnatural acts”

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

US: 34‑year‑old woman charged with felony for alleged HIV non-disclosure

US: Police officer arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Uzbekistan: Court dismisses appeal in case of alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to three years and three months for alleged HIV exposure

[Update] Russia: Court uphold prison sentence of man charged with HIV exposure for stabbing police officer with syringe

[Update] France: 58 year-old man sentenced to 4 years, 2 on probation, for alleged HIV transmission

Kazakhstan: Individual taken into custody while investigation for alleged HIV transmission continues

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to three years and six months for alleged HIV exposure

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

Uzbekistan: Woman sex worker sentenced to three years for alleged HIV exposure

Uzbekistan: Appeals court upholds prison sentence in HIV exposure case

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: Court confirms sentence for brothel operation and allegedly exposing others to HIV

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

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 3-years in prison for alleged HIV transmission

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

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 2 years and 6 months for alleged HIV exposure

[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

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

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

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