HIV criminalisation cases

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

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Russia: Tumen man convicted for possible HIV transmission based on medical records and sentenced to 1 year 6 month in prison

Latest update 30 May 2008

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Halifax man guilty of HIV exposure

Latest update 20 May 2008

Nova Scotia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Trevis Smith loses appeal

Latest update 15 May 2008

Saskatchewan Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Texas man gets 35 years for spitting; saliva was ‘deadly weapon’

Latest update 15 May 2008

Texas USA Spitting

Russia: prisoner from Zabaykalye who sprayed his blood into face of prison doctor, will face up to 1-year imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 12 May 2008

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Singapore: Man pleads guilty to HIV exposure following oral sex

Latest update 9 May 2008

Singapore Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

France: Marseille man facing three years for HIV transmission

Latest update 9 May 2008

France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Montreal domestic violence victim guilty of HIV exposure

Latest update 3 May 2008

Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Arkansas man gets 12 years for HIV exposure; faces up to 30

Latest update 2 May 2008

Arkansas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

UK: Refugee with ‘suspected’ HIV jailed for ‘biting’ cop

Latest update 26 April 2008

England United Kingdom Biting

US: Medical records released to prosecutors in Pennsylvania spitting case

Latest update 21 April 2008

Pennsylvania USA Spitting

[Update]Canada: Owen Antoine sentenced to five years following one-night stand

Latest update 15 April 2008

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Updated]US: SC man convicted again for exposing woman to HIV

Latest update 14 April 2008

South Carolina USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Woman pleads guilty to unprotected sex, gets five years suspended sentence

Latest update 9 April 2008

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual exposure Women

Australia: Not guilty verdict in Melbourne HIV exposure trial

Latest update 4 April 2008

Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Jilted wife accuses husband of criminal HIV transmission twelve years after alleged event

Latest update 29 March 2008

Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Illinois man imprisoned for ten years for HIV exposure (again)

Latest update 29 March 2008

Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Ryan Handy gets eight months in prison for HIV exposure

Latest update 28 March 2008

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]US: Man gets nine months for HIV exposure in Virginia

Latest update 27 March 2008

Virginia USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: Melbourne man not guilty of reckless HIV transmission

Latest update 20 March 2008

Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Condom use no defence for HIV exposure liability

Latest update 25 February 2008

Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Another Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 15 February 2008

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men Heterosexual men

Canada: HIV exposure charge dismissed following dramatic Ontario courtroom scene

Latest update 5 February 2008

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]Sweden: British man sentenced to 14 years for HIV transmission

Latest update 1 February 2008

Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Further developments in California civil case

Latest update 28 January 2008

California USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Civil cases (non criminal)

Australia: Brisbane man jailed 12 months for biting a policeman

Latest update 17 January 2008

Queensland Australia Biting

US: Illinois man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 14 January 2008

Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: HIV-positive Navy chaplain pleads guilty to HIV exposure and other charges

Latest update 6 December 2007

FED Military USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Kansas man already convicted of HIV exposure in one county convicted again

Latest update 3 December 2007

Kansas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Botswana: Lawyer on trial for sexual HIV exposure

Latest update 3 December 2007

Botswana Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Iowa woman receives probation after pleading guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Latest update 27 November 2007

Iowa USA Alleged sexual transmission Women

Canada: Winnipeg HIV exposure/transmission trial halted

Latest update 26 November 2007

Manitoba Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Sverdlovsk regional court sentenced a woman to 4,5 years in prison for HIV non-disclosure and perceived transmission to three men

Latest update 20 November 2007

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Updated]US: Woman originally charged with attempted murder biting shopkeeper sentenced to 12 years for biting and robbery

Latest update 12 November 2007

Kentucky USA Biting

US: Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 12 November 2007

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: British Columbia man receives 4 1/2 years for HIV exposure; shoddy reporting

Latest update 4 November 2007

British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: North Carolina soldier pleads guilty to reckless HIV transmission; sentenced to 40 months

Latest update 1 November 2007

FED Military USA Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Missouri woman sentenced to 10 years for HIV exposure

Latest update 18 October 2007

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

UK: Hunt for Mark James continues

Latest update 15 October 2007

England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

UK: First intentional HIV transmission case in UK?

Latest update 3 October 2007

England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

New Zealand: Man jailed for HIV exposure and underage sex

Latest update 26 September 2007

New Zealand Heterosexual men

Sweden: Three cases of HIV transmission/exposure in as many months

Latest update 25 September 2007

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission

US: Man awaiting sentencing for HIV exposure in Tennessee

Latest update 14 September 2007

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]Canada: Ontario woman sentenced to two years for HIV transmission

Latest update 18 August 2007

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Women

France: Gay man indicted for HIV transmission

Latest update 10 August 2007

France Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Texas man arrested for HIV exposure

Latest update 25 July 2007

Texas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

UK: Michael Fielder sentenced (UK reckless transmission case thrown out due to lack of evidence)

Latest update 14 July 2007

England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Austria: 20-year-old sentenced to 7 months for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 2 July 2007

Austria Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: 17-year-old girl from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski prosecuted for HIV transmission to four man; she can face up to 8 years in prison

Latest update 28 April 2007

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: 45-year-old man facing jail in Illinois for blood donation

Latest update 30 November 2006

Illinois USA Blood donation

Sweden: Woman living with HIV sentenced to 2 years and 5 months for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 28 April 2006

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

Argentina: 3 years suspended sentence for alleged intentional HIV transmission

Latest update 14 July 2003

Argentina Alleged sexual transmission

Singapore: Five men living with HIV jailed for hiding their status before donating blood

Latest update 8 December 2000

Singapore Blood donation

Canada: Supreme Court rules that it is a criminal offence for an HIV-positive person to engage in consensual sex without disclosing their status

Latest update 3 September 1998

Canada Alleged sexual exposure

Cyprus: Court sentenced British woman to 7 months in jail for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 28 April 1998

Cyprus Alleged sexual exposure Women

Cyprus: Cypriot fisherman sentenced to 15 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 August 1997

Cyprus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: 31-year-old man living with HIV arrested in Missouri charged with felony for donating blood

Latest update 17 October 1996

Missouri USA Blood donation

Bermuda: Man sentenced to 14 years for alleged HIV transmission under new changes to the Criminal Code

Latest update 6 May 1995

Bermuda Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Man charged for donating blood in Illinois

Latest update 6 June 1987

Illinois USA Blood donation Alleged sexual exposure

Canada: Saskatchewan plans to prosecute man already convicted in Ontario

[Update] Botswana: Judge acquits lawyer accused of HIV exposure

Bermuda: Man pleads guilty, gets 10 years for HIV exposure

US: Date set for ground-breaking Californian civil liability case

US: Another Dallas man accused of using his HIV as a weapon

Australia: Sydney man pleads guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Russia: Tumen man convicted for possible HIV transmission based on medical records and sentenced to 1 year 6 month in prison

[Update]Canada: Halifax man guilty of HIV exposure

[Update]Canada: Trevis Smith loses appeal

US: Texas man gets 35 years for spitting; saliva was ‘deadly weapon’

Russia: prisoner from Zabaykalye who sprayed his blood into face of prison doctor, will face up to 1-year imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Singapore: Man pleads guilty to HIV exposure following oral sex

France: Marseille man facing three years for HIV transmission

Canada: Montreal domestic violence victim guilty of HIV exposure

US: Arkansas man gets 12 years for HIV exposure; faces up to 30

UK: Refugee with ‘suspected’ HIV jailed for ‘biting’ cop

US: Medical records released to prosecutors in Pennsylvania spitting case

[Update]Canada: Owen Antoine sentenced to five years following one-night stand

[Updated]US: SC man convicted again for exposing woman to HIV

Zimbabwe: Woman pleads guilty to unprotected sex, gets five years suspended sentence

Australia: Not guilty verdict in Melbourne HIV exposure trial

Australia: Jilted wife accuses husband of criminal HIV transmission twelve years after alleged event

[Update]US: Illinois man imprisoned for ten years for HIV exposure (again)

[Update]Canada: Ryan Handy gets eight months in prison for HIV exposure

[Update]US: Man gets nine months for HIV exposure in Virginia

[Update]Australia: Melbourne man not guilty of reckless HIV transmission

Canada: Condom use no defence for HIV exposure liability

US: Another Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Canada: HIV exposure charge dismissed following dramatic Ontario courtroom scene

[Update]Sweden: British man sentenced to 14 years for HIV transmission

US: Further developments in California civil case

Australia: Brisbane man jailed 12 months for biting a policeman

US: Illinois man charged with HIV exposure

[Update]US: HIV-positive Navy chaplain pleads guilty to HIV exposure and other charges

US: Kansas man already convicted of HIV exposure in one county convicted again

Botswana: Lawyer on trial for sexual HIV exposure

US: Iowa woman receives probation after pleading guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Canada: Winnipeg HIV exposure/transmission trial halted

Russia: Sverdlovsk regional court sentenced a woman to 4,5 years in prison for HIV non-disclosure and perceived transmission to three men

[Updated]US: Woman originally charged with attempted murder biting shopkeeper sentenced to 12 years for biting and robbery

US: Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Canada: British Columbia man receives 4 1/2 years for HIV exposure; shoddy reporting

US: North Carolina soldier pleads guilty to reckless HIV transmission; sentenced to 40 months

US: Missouri woman sentenced to 10 years for HIV exposure

UK: Hunt for Mark James continues

UK: First intentional HIV transmission case in UK?

New Zealand: Man jailed for HIV exposure and underage sex

Sweden: Three cases of HIV transmission/exposure in as many months

US: Man awaiting sentencing for HIV exposure in Tennessee

[Update]Canada: Ontario woman sentenced to two years for HIV transmission

France: Gay man indicted for HIV transmission

US: Texas man arrested for HIV exposure

UK: Michael Fielder sentenced (UK reckless transmission case thrown out due to lack of evidence)

Austria: 20-year-old sentenced to 7 months for alleged HIV exposure

Russia: 17-year-old girl from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski prosecuted for HIV transmission to four man; she can face up to 8 years in prison

US: 45-year-old man facing jail in Illinois for blood donation

Sweden: Woman living with HIV sentenced to 2 years and 5 months for HIV non-disclosure

Argentina: 3 years suspended sentence for alleged intentional HIV transmission

Singapore: Five men living with HIV jailed for hiding their status before donating blood

Canada: Supreme Court rules that it is a criminal offence for an HIV-positive person to engage in consensual sex without disclosing their status

Cyprus: Court sentenced British woman to 7 months in jail for alleged HIV exposure

Cyprus: Cypriot fisherman sentenced to 15 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

US: 31-year-old man living with HIV arrested in Missouri charged with felony for donating blood

Bermuda: Man sentenced to 14 years for alleged HIV transmission under new changes to the Criminal Code

US: Man charged for donating blood in Illinois