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HIV criminalisation cases

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

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Russia: Yaroslavl man can serve five years in jail as maximum for deliberately transmitting HIV

Latest update 8 June 2015
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US: How good lawyers, up-to-date scientific knowledge and national advocacy networks made all the difference for Pennsylvania’s Julie Graham

Latest update 29 May 2015
Pennsylvania United States Defence lawyers Risk Articles Harm Media/Public Opinion Prosecutors Alleged sexual exposure Women

Canada: Montreal man, 61, accused of HIV non-disclosure by two women, one of whom is now HIV-positive

Latest update 22 May 2015
Quebec Canada Police Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Western Siberia man gets three years in prison for alleged HIV transmission to his girlfriend

Latest update 20 May 2015
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Singapore: 23-year-old jailed for 15 weeks for not disclosing his sexual history before donating blood

Latest update 11 May 2015
Singapore Blood donation Youth

[Update]Canada: Toronto police issue ‘public alert’ after man with HIV, tried in 2010 for alleged HIV non-disclosure and accused again in 2013, is arrested for breaching bail conditions

Latest update 10 May 2015
Ontario Canada Media/Public Opinion Police Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: California judge calls for higher penalty for violating misdemeanour STI health code during sentencing of gay man alleged to have ‘willfully’ infected his former partner with HIV

Latest update 5 May 2015
California United States Judges Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Prosecutors drop HIV non-disclosure charges against man, 48, following evidence that the female complainant was aware of his status

Latest update 5 May 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man, 47, accused of HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 5 May 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Michigan man, 24, to serve at least 32 months in prison following HIV non-disclosure conviction

Latest update 4 May 2015
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

US: Indiana Health Department initiates and supports prosecution of an individual linked to eight new infections since 2003

Latest update 22 April 2015
Indiana United States Media/Public Opinion Public health Alleged sexual transmission

NZ: Name suppression supported by police and defence in one of two ongoing Auckland HIV ‘reckless’ transmission cases

Latest update 21 April 2015
New Zealand Discrimination Human rights Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Two ongoing prosecutions in Michigan noted in this excellent piece highlighting the problems of overly broad HIV criminalisation

Latest update 14 April 2015
Michigan United States Articles Media/Public Opinion Public health Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to HIV non-disclosure; female complainant, now living with HIV, wants to change HIV law into a sex crime

Latest update 10 April 2015
Florida United States Punitive laws and policies Personal testimonies Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Peterborough, Ontario police issue ‘public safety message’ after charging 18 year-old male with HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 8 April 2015
Ontario Canada Police Alleged sexual exposure Youth

US: Gay man, 22, charged with two counts of HIV non-disclosure in Michigan’s Macomb County

Latest update 7 April 2015
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men Youth

US: Florida man with HIV and hepatitis B charged with non-disclosure prior to sex with ‘Craigslist’ woman

Latest update 6 April 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Bryansk court rules 3-year probation and a fine for a man who allegedly transmitted HIV

Latest update 26 March 2015
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

NZ: Second Auckland man charged with alleged ‘reckless’ HIV transmission within a month

Latest update 26 March 2015
New Zealand Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Man, 28, pleads guilty to reckless endangerment for ‘exposing’ two women to HIV, despite undetectable viral load

Latest update 11 March 2015
Maryland United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

NZ: Gay man charged with ‘reckless’ HIV transmission; judge grants both parties name suppression. Next court date: March 31st

Latest update 11 March 2015
New Zealand Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: After dispute over whether ‘sexual intercourse’ includes sex between men, the meaning of another part of Florida’s HIV-specific law is challenged again. Is HIV non-disclosure to two women a single crime?

Latest update 4 March 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]New York’s Highest Court Says ‘No’ to the Felony Prosecution of a Person Living with HIV for Having Consensual Sex

Latest update 20 February 2015
New York United States Risk Appeal court decisions Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Colombia: Man sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in Bogota for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 January 2015
Colombia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Ohio man who pled guilty to HIV non-disclosure sentenced to five years’ probation for felonious assault, angering the complainant

Latest update 18 December 2014
Ohio United States Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: in Volga area, man was sentenced to 2 years and 15 days for perceived HIV transmission

Latest update 17 December 2014

English version – Translation (For Russian version, please scroll down) In the Samara region, a man has been sentenced for the deliberate transmission of HIV. The Zhigulyovsk City Court found a local resident guilty. He was put on record as HIV infected…

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Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Winnipeg man receives close to maximum prison sentence for attempted aggravated assault for spitting; saliva on a cop following Superior court appeal

Latest update 16 December 2014
Manitoba Canada Risk Appeal court decisions Judges Police Spitting

Sweden: Woman receives conditional sentence and must pay damages for alleged HIV transmission to her ex-husband

Latest update 11 December 2014
Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Women

Zimbabwe: Sixth HIV prosecution since 2012 under vague and overly broad Section 79 of Criminal Law Act

Latest update 20 November 2014
Zimbabwe Judges Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: In Rechitza, Gomel region, sex worker with HIV brought to court for a possible virus transmission to her clients; she can face up to three years in prison

Latest update 19 November 2014
Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Sex workers

Belarus: Byaroza woman will pay a fine for alleged HIV exposure of two men based on her information consent of criminal liability attached to her medical history

Latest update 3 November 2014
Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Women

Australia: Western Australian police can now force people who spit at or bite cops to undergo HIV and hepatitis B/C testing to "ease concern"

Latest update 28 October 2014
Western Australia Australia Risk Punitive laws and policies Scientific tests Police Biting Spitting

Russia: 4 years in prison for Tyumen man for possible HIV transmission to his pregnant girlfriend as she finds about her status at antenatal clinic

Latest update 22 October 2014
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: 1,5 years in prison and 2 million rubles compensation for alleged HIV transmission in Arkhangelsk

Latest update 14 October 2014
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Brighton police receive PEP for bite and scratch from man with HIV despite ‘minimal risk’, reported in media worldwide likely adding to HIV stigma

Latest update 10 October 2014
England United Kingdom Risk Police Biting

US: Missouri sex worker arrested for living with HIV defended on local TV news by advocate highlighting latest science around HIV risks

Latest update 7 October 2014
Missouri United States Risk Articles Media/Public Opinion Sex workers Women

Sweden: Supreme court ruling for man living with HIV sentenced to a year in prison for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 5 October 2014

HIV INFECTED HAD UNPROTECTED SEX – NO CRIME (Google translation) Published October 5, 2014 An HIV-infected man sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for having unprotected sex without disclosing his infection was sentenced to jail by the court. The Supreme Court has…

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Sweden Alleged sexual exposure

Russia: former drug user prosecuted for alleged HIV transmission in Nizhniy Novgorod as he encounters his girlfriend at AIDS center

Latest update 10 September 2014
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Ohio judge shows rare understanding of HIV risks and impact of HIV-related stigma

Latest update 18 August 2014
Ohio United States Judges Gay men

[Update]US Military court to re-examine HIV risks and harms in airman appeal

Latest update 12 August 2014
FED Military United States Risk Harm Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Man living with HIV arrested and charged in Michigan for donating plasma

Latest update 8 August 2014
Michigan United States Other

US: 31-year-old man charged with four felonies in Indiana for donating blood

Latest update 8 August 2014
Indiana United States Blood donation

Russia: Ivanovo HIV+ man prosecuted for possible HIV transmission

Latest update 29 July 2014
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Kazakhstan: 7 years in prison for HIV-positive man from Temirtau for allegedly transmitting HIV to four women

Latest update 17 July 2014
Kazakhstan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Slovakia: Sex worker sentenced to 7 years for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 13 July 2014
Slovakia Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

Sweden: Man sentenced to community service for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 3 July 2014
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Tajikistan: 505 sex workers detained and forced to HIV and STI testing by the police

Latest update 12 June 2014
Tajikistan Sex workers Women

Sweden: Woman charged for alleged HIV-exposure given conditional sentence and a fine

Latest update 11 June 2014
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

[Update]Ottawa gay activist found not guilty in HIV-assault case

Latest update 4 June 2014
Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Russia: Kemerovo man brought into court for threatening to infect an investigator with HIV

Latest update 6 May 2014
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Balakovo court rules 2 years in prison for HIV non-disclosure and alleged transmission

Latest update 9 April 2014
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Colombia: Man sentenced to prison in Bogota for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 March 2014
Colombia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Young heterosexual man in Wales pleads not guilty to reckless HIV and hepatitis B transmission. Next hearing May 12

Latest update 17 February 2014
Wales United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: B.C. Supreme Court jury convicts Zimbabwean migrant of aggravated sexual assault for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 7 February 2014
British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Mississippi man who spat at a cop during arrest charged under unscientific state HIV exposure law

Latest update 6 February 2014
Mississippi United States Spitting

Zimbabwe: Fifth HIV-related criminal prosecution in two years

Latest update 5 February 2014
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Ireland: Judge refers case of man with HIV who bit cop to jury trial, saying ‘allegations too serious’ for lower court

Latest update 30 January 2014
Ireland Judges Police Biting

Germany: Gay man with HIV kept in pre-trial custody since December accused of infecting two men

Latest update 28 January 2014
Germany Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Montana man, 53, pleads guilty to ‘negligent endangerment’ for allegedly infecting former male partner with HIV, gets one year in jail with nine months suspended

Latest update 28 January 2014
Montana United States Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

POZ Exclusives : Woman Sues City of Dearborn for HIV Discrimination by Police – by Todd Heywood

Latest update 28 January 2014
Michigan United States Articles Human rights Police Civil cases (non criminal)

UAE: Prisoner with HIV gets additional six months for ‘endangering lives’, after allegedly dripping his blood into a tea kettle

Latest update 27 January 2014
United Arab Emirates Alleged sexual exposure

US: Georgia man charged with ‘felony reckless conduct’ for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 25 January 2014
Georgia United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Saudi Arabia: Syrian women beggars who had sex with two young Saudi men accused of being Assad’s agents after the men are diagnosed with HIV

Latest update 24 January 2014
Saudi Arabia Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual transmission Migrants Sex workers Women

US: Ohio local TV news claims that man who spit on hospital worker was using HIV "as a weapon"

Latest update 20 January 2014
Ohio United States Media/Public Opinion Spitting

Australia: Man with HIV / Hepatitis C charged with serious assault for biting Brisbane cop

Latest update 19 January 2014
Queensland Australia Biting

Ukraine: Man from Kivorograd released with a suspended one-year sentenced with charges in alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 17 January 2014
Ukraine Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Georgia man accused of HIV non-disclosure claims complainant knew he was positive

Latest update 1 January 2014
Georgia United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Ukraine: Sevastopol man will serve 2 years in jail for an alleged HIV transmission following a suspended sentence for a previous conviction

Latest update 26 December 2013
Ukraine Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Ohio sex worker with HIV, whose case inspired an HIV-specific sex work law in 1996, arrested again

Latest update 14 December 2013
Ohio United States Sex workers Women

US: Gay man in Idaho arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure during one-night stand

Latest update 13 December 2013
Idaho United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida court to decide if HIV non-disclosure law applies to sex between men

Latest update 9 December 2013
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Sweden: Man living with HIV released after court of appeal takes treatment into account

Latest update 25 November 2013
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Ohio woman, 20, sentenced to four years in prison for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 23 November 2013
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Women Youth

Russia: Kemerovo man will have two years’ conventional imprisonment for allegedly transmitting HIV to his wife

Latest update 20 November 2013
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Sydney court sentences Zimbabwean migrant, 44, to a minimum of three years in prison for HIV transmission without disclosure

Latest update 15 November 2013
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Zimbabwe: Man, 43, on trial for ‘deliberate infection’, accused by former partner after relationship ends

Latest update 23 October 2013
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Georgia’s HIV-specific criminal law to face constitutional challenge following woman’s non-disclosure conviction

Latest update 21 October 2013
Georgia United States Defence lawyers Alleged sexual exposure Women

Botswana: Woman from Zimbabwe faces ‘deliberate HIV transmission’ charge for breastfeeding neighbour’s baby

Latest update 16 October 2013
Botswana Breastfeeding Women

US: Ohio man arrested for public indecency, charged with a felony count of solicitation due to his HIV-positive status

Latest update 14 October 2013

   

Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Russia: In Khanty-Mansi Region, man sentenced to 2.5 years of strict regime colony for perceived HIV transmission, non-disclosure

Latest update 9 October 2013
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Bolivia: Sex worker placed under house arrest for allegedly exposing her clients to HIV

Latest update 4 October 2013
Bolivia Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

Russia: Man from Saransk jailed for 4 years for allegedly infecting his wife and child with HIV

Latest update 1 October 2013
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Judge directs jury in Leicester reckless HIV transmission trial to find Zimbabwe migrant, 32, not guilty of one of two charges due to lack of evidence, but he is found guilty on other charge, sentenced to 4 1/2 years

Latest update 12 September 2013

     

England United Kingdom Scientific tests Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Georgia man, 21, pleads guilty to ‘four counts of felony reckless conduct by an HIV infected person’, get 20 years in prison and lifetime sex offender status

Latest update 9 September 2013
Georgia United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

Australia: Gay man, 65, found guilty in New South Wales of ‘maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm’ following alleged transmission to former partner

Latest update 2 September 2013
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Russia: woman gets 1 year 3 months in prison for HIV non-disclosure and exposure in Perm region

Latest update 30 August 2013
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Zimbabwe migrant pleads guilty to ‘knowingly’ transmitting HIV to four women, receives 120 years in Texas prison

Latest update 29 August 2013
Texas United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

South Africa: First-ever successful prosecution for ‘HIV exposure’ upheld as attempted murder by Pretoria High Court

Latest update 14 August 2013
South Africa Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Germany: Gay Bavarian soldier loses appeal against 2 year, 3 month sentence for grievious bodily harm following alleged HIV transmission during one night stand; a second, unrelated, case involving HIV exposure results in 18 months probation

Latest update 26 July 2013
Germany Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Heterosexual men

Romania: One year suspended sentence for Briceni man accused of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 23 July 2013
Romania Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Moldova: Briceni District Court sentenced a 26-year-old man for alleged transmission of HIV to one year in prison with a suspended sentence

Latest update 22 July 2013
Moldova Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Spain: Medical HCV transmission prosecution reveals challenges and opportunities of phylogenetic analysis as ‘proof’ of guilt

Latest update 20 July 2013
Spain Expert witnesses Scientific tests Medical/dental

US: Florida sex worker charged with ‘criminal transmission of HIV’ for not disclosing her HIV status to undercover cops

Latest update 30 June 2013
Florida United States Sex workers Women

Sweden: Gay man, 27, found guilty of lesser charge of ‘damaging another person’s health’ after one-night stand results in HIV transmission

Latest update 28 June 2013
Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Georgia man with HIV having treatment for seizures charged with ‘criminal exposure to HIV’ for spitting on hospital worker

Latest update 28 June 2013
Georgia United States Spitting

US: Tennessee woman with HIV charged with ‘aggravated prostitution’ for offering sex to undercover cops

Latest update 24 June 2013
Tennessee United States Sex workers Women

Canada: Felix and Mekonnen HIV non-disclosure convictions overturned by Ontario Court of Appeals

Latest update 21 June 2013
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Washington State man faces first degree assault charges for saying ‘I have HIV’ and rubbing blood on hospital security guard, nurse

Latest update 21 June 2013
Washington United States Alleged sexual exposure

US: Male porn actor and LA production company sued by female performer for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 19 June 2013
California United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Sex workers Civil cases (non criminal)

India: Assam state begins criminal investigation into HIV blood transfusions at Darrang Civil Hospital

Latest update 15 June 2013
India Medical/dental