Cases

HIV criminalisation cases

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

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

Latest update 2 August 2025
Georgia United States Needle/syringe

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

Latest update 26 July 2025
Ireland Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Man charged with alleged HIV exposure in South Carolina

Latest update 22 July 2025
South Carolina United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 22 July 2025
Scotland United Kingdom Women Other

[Update] Zimbabwe: Harare woman challenges HIV charge under repealed legislation

Latest update 17 July 2025
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Women

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

Latest update 1 July 2025
Ontario Canada Spitting

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

Latest update 25 June 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 23 June 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 21 June 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

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

Latest update 21 June 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Women

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

Latest update 19 June 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

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

Latest update 18 June 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 13 June 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 12 June 2025
Latvia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 10 June 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 5 June 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 4 June 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 29 May 2025
South Korea Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 29 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

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

Latest update 27 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 5 Years imprisonment for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 26 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: 4 years restriction of liberty imposed in HIV exposure case

Latest update 26 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 3 years of liberty restrictions for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 23 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Women

Uzbekistan: 4 years of non-custodial supervision with court-imposed conditions for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 23 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 22 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: 37 year-old Georgia man under investigation for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 20 May 2025
Georgia United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update] US: Georgia man facing murder charges for alleged HIV transmission pleads not guilty

Latest update 15 May 2025
Georgia United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Wyoming inmate charged with felony for spitting on officers

Latest update 8 May 2025
Wyoming United States Spitting

India: 23-year-old woman files complaint against her husband for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 6 May 2025
India Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Appeal dismissed in case of repeated HIV exposure offenses

Latest update 6 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers Women

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

Latest update 5 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: 27-year-old woman arrested for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 30 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: 5 Years suspended sentence for woman arrested during sting operation

Latest update 28 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers Women

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 4 years of house arrest for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 24 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 24 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Woman receives five-year term for second offence of alleged HIV nondisclosure

Latest update 17 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: Appeal court upholds verdict in case of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 14 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 14 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Women

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

Latest update 9 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 5 years in jail for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 2 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers Women

Uzbekistan: Fergana Appeal Court dismisses appeal of man sentenced for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 2 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

Belarus: Minsk resident charged with alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 21 March 2025
Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Woman on ARV treatment sentenced to 3 years “restriction of freedom” for alleged HIV Exposure

Latest update 18 March 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: Appeal dismissed in case of HIV exposure, despite request for leniency from his wife

Latest update 13 March 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: 40-year-old man sentenced to 1 year and 6 months for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 13 March 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Argentina: Man sentenced to 3 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 13 March 2025
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Appeal court court dismisses appeal and confirms a 6-year jail sentence for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 12 March 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Court of appeal upholds five-year prison sentence for man accused of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 11 March 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Court dismisses appeal in HIV transmission case

Latest update 5 March 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission

Russia: Kamchatka resident under investigation for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 3 March 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Argentina: Conflicting stories and legal wrangling in unusual HIV criminalisation case

Latest update 3 March 2025
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Women

[Update] Canada: 31-year-old man sentenced to 43 months in prison for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 February 2025
Quebec Alleged sexual transmission Migrants

Russia: Migrant arrested for alleged HIV transmission in Kostroma

Latest update 14 February 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Uzbekistan: Defendant in case of alleged HIV exposure placed under house arrest pending investigation

Latest update 13 February 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 5 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 30 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Woman sentenced to 3 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 29 January 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Russia: 27-year-old woman to appear in court for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 28 January 2025
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women

Uzbekistan: Court rules against defendant’s plea for leniency and maintains prison sentence

Latest update 17 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

France: 28-year-old man sentenced to 5 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 15 January 2025
France Alleged sexual transmission Migrants

Uzbekistan: There-year sentence for alleged HIV-exposure upheld by Surkhandarya regional appeal court

Latest update 13 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 10 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Four years of restricted liberty for man accused of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 9 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Andijan Regional Court dismisses appeal against 3 years sentence for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 8 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: 20-year-old woman receives 3 years non-custodial sentence for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 27 December 2024
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women Youth

[Update]Canada: Man convicted in 2009 for alleged HIV transmission refused parole a second time

Latest update 24 December 2024
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Migrants

US: Woman arrested and charged with felony in Oregon for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 22 December 2024
Oregon United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

Türkiye: Man facing charges of “attempted murder” in Istanbul for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 15 December 2024
Türkiye Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 12 December 2024
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Woman sentenced to 4 years of house arrest and other restrictions for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 27 November 2024
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Man sentenced to two to three years in jail in Ohio for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 23 November 2024
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure

Zimbabwe: Former spouses present conflicting narratives around alleged HIV transmission in civil court case

Latest update 15 November 2024
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Civil cases (non criminal)

US: University Clinic wins asylum for transgender, HIV-positive client after 7-year legal battle

Latest update 8 November 2024
United States

Russia: Case of alleged HIV transmission in Orenburg to be considered by Dzerzhinsky District Court

Latest update 2 November 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Supreme Court of the Komi Republic upholds verdict in case of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 30 October 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uruguay: 26 year old woman, “presumed” to be HIV-positive, sentenced to 4 months for spitting at police officer

Latest update 21 October 2024
Uruguay Spitting Women

Russia: 37-year-old man arrested in Nizhny Novgorod on suspicion of HIV transmission

Latest update 17 October 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

India: Man living with HIV arrested for selling blood at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital

Latest update 16 October 2024
India Blood donation

Brazil: 2 people arrested after six transplant patients test positive for HIV after receiving infected organs

Latest update 15 October 2024
Brazil Medical/dental

[update]Spain: man imprisoned for allegedly not disclosing his HIV status to his partner

Latest update 12 October 2024
Spain Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Omsk resident sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 5 October 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Panama: 14 Years sentence confirmed for man convicted of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 4 October 2024
Panama Alleged sexual transmission

Russia: Nikolsk man receives suspended sentence for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 2 October 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[update]South Africa: Life sentence for soldier convicted of attempted murder and rape for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 September 2024
South Africa Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Woman receives 1 year and 6 months suspended sentence for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 19 September 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Argentina: HIV transmission classified as gender-based violence, resulting in suspended sentence

Latest update 5 September 2024
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Court dismisses HIV-Positive migrant’s appeal, ignoring family connections and medical evidence

Latest update 28 August 2024
Russian Federation

Russia: 43-year-old Penza resident convicted of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 20 August 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Irkutsk man sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 12 August 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Qatar: British/Mexican citizen sentenced for being gay and living with HIV allowed to return to the UK.

Latest update 12 August 2024
Qatar Gay men Migrants

Russia: A 30-year-old Omsk man charged with alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 9 August 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Man with undetectable viral load jailed over partner’s worries, despite scientific evidence and changes in the law

Latest update 2 August 2024
North Carolina United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Singapore: Man jailed for coercing his HIV-Positive wife into sex work while his wife is acquitted on non-disclosure charges

Latest update 1 August 2024
Singapore Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

Russia: Man sentenced to 2 years and 6 months and 2 millions roubles compensation for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 30 July 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Bashkiria man gets suspended sentence and 1 million rouble penalty for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 23 July 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: 34 year-old woman charged with HIV exposure in Soligorsk

Latest update 18 July 2024
Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Man faces felonious assault charge in Ohio for throwing blood onto a nurse

Latest update 12 July 2024
Ohio United States Other

Argentina: 60-year-old man faces trial for allegedly transmitting HIV to ex-wife

Latest update 5 July 2024
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Romania: 45 year-old man charged with alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 5 July 2024
Romania Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Criminal case opens in Cherepovets against woman accused of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 28 June 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Update]Spain: High Court upholds acquittal of woman prosecuted in Tenerife for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 22 June 2024
Spain Alleged sexual transmission Women