Cases

HIV criminalisation cases

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

Showing 100 of 1253 cases

Congo: First ever criminal prosecution nets 15 years for husband under poisoning law

Latest update 3 March 2011
Congo

Spain: Man living with HIV sentenced to 2 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 21 January 2011
Spain Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Quebec gay man arrested, remanded in custody for non-disclosure prior to bareback orgy

Latest update 1 December 2010
Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Portugal: Court of appeal confirms sentence of three and half years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 3 October 2010
Portugal Alleged sexual transmission

Russia: woman charged with 4,5 years in jail for HIV transmission in Bashkiria based on hospital’s information

Latest update 7 September 2010
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Update]Germany: Nadja Benaissa given a two-year suspended sentence

Latest update 26 August 2010
Germany Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Women

Cyprus: Court rules on illegal immigrant’s right to remain

Latest update 20 August 2010

Contributed by Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC April 10 2012 In Ngassam v Republic of Cyprus via the General Director of the Ministry of Interior and the Attorney General of the Republic the Supreme Court recently ruled on the right…

Read More
Cyprus

US: Michigan woman gets 11 months for non-disclosure

Latest update 20 August 2010
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

Australia: Defendant in AU$750k Sydney gay civil case now faces criminal charges

Latest update 30 July 2010
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Civil cases (non criminal)

US: Maryland man gets five years for unintentionally spitting on cop

Latest update 27 July 2010
Maryland United States Spitting

Austria: 42-year-old woman sentenced in Salzburg to 8 months suspended for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 19 March 2010
Austria Alleged sexual exposure Women

Russia: in Maloyaroslavletz woman convicted of HIV transmission to two men, found guilty and sentenced to 1 year 7 month in prison

Latest update 21 January 2010
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

UK: Scotsman pleads guilty to UK’s first-ever charges for HIV exposure

Latest update 20 January 2010

   

Scotland United Kingdom Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Singapore: Man living with HIV sentenced to eight months in jail for donating blood

Latest update 4 January 2010
Singapore Blood donation

Canada: Another gay man in Ontario accused of nondisclosure

Latest update 5 December 2009

   

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Belarus: 35-year-old woman is prosecuted for HIV transmission in Hrodno region

Latest update 30 November 2009
Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

New Zealand: African migrant sentenced to three-and-a-half years for HIV transmission

Latest update 29 November 2009
New Zealand Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Michigan man gets nine months for HIV exposure

Latest update 24 November 2009
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

France: Man sentenced to five years for infecting current, former partners and baby

Latest update 16 November 2009
France Alleged sexual transmission Vertical transmission Heterosexual men Other

Bermuda: Man arrested for HIV exposure; fifth prosecution amongst HIV population of 200

Latest update 11 November 2009
Bermuda Alleged sexual exposure

Trinidad & Tobago: Man sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour for threatening to throw blood in police officer’s face

Latest update 4 November 2009
Trinidad and Tobago Other

[Update]US: Minnesota man gets 90 days for HIV exposure; first ever prosecution

Latest update 28 October 2009
Minnesota United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Pennsylvania woman gets 21 months to 10 years for spitting

Latest update 27 October 2009
Pennsylvania United States Spitting

Russia: Moscow police prosecutes HIV+ woman for HIV transmission to her boyfriend as she knew about her HIV-status before the relationships

Latest update 4 October 2009
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Update]US: Colorado man gets 15 years in first-ever father-to-child transmission case

Latest update 22 July 2009
Colorado United States Alleged sexual transmission Vertical transmission Heterosexual men Other

[Update]US: Michigan strip club employee pleads ‘no contest’ to HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 14 July 2009
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

Ukraine: Kyiv man released on two-year probation for HIV exposure of at least four police officers though biting; all tested HIV-negative

Latest update 11 June 2009
Ukraine Biting

US: Is spit now a ‘deadly weapon’ in New Mexico?

Latest update 8 June 2009
New Mexico United States Spitting

UK: Man who ‘claimed he had AIDS’ jailed for eight months after biting police

Latest update 8 June 2009
England United Kingdom Biting

[Update]Finland: Appeal court increases Hakkarainen sentence

Latest update 5 June 2009
Finland Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

New Zealand: ‘HIV predator’ may make legal history

Latest update 3 June 2009
New Zealand Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Heterosexual men

Russia: HIV-positive man from Sverdlovsk convicted for biting a policeman, case will be considered by the Prosecutor’s Office

Latest update 20 May 2009
Russian Federation Biting Heterosexual men

Canada: Man who threatened mall cops with alleged HIV-infected needle gets eight months jail time

Latest update 15 May 2009
Alberta Canada Needle/syringe

US: Baseball star’s ex-girlfriend drops civil suit alleging HIV exposure

Latest update 14 May 2009
New York United States Civil cases (non criminal)

UK: Man previousy convicted of reckless HIV transmission jailed again

Latest update 11 May 2009
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Sydney husband gets 4 1/2 years after pleading guilty to infecting wife

Latest update 11 May 2009
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: HIV-positive woman who bit her best friend gets suspended sentence

Latest update 9 May 2009
England United Kingdom Biting

US: Florida woman accused of HIV exposure

Latest update 9 May 2009
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

Russia: man from Balabanovo arrested for alleged HIV exposure and drug crimes; police searches for possible victims and questions women he had relationships

Latest update 17 April 2009
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: More delays in Stuart McDonald trial

Latest update 15 April 2009
South Australia Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Bail for African migrant accused in Adelaide

Latest update 24 March 2009
South Australia Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Man pleads guilty to infecting wife, gets three years

Latest update 15 March 2009
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Ontario woman pleads guilty, gets four years in prison

Latest update 9 March 2009
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Sex workers Women

US: Another Illinois man pleads guilty, gets two years probation

Latest update 9 March 2009
Illinois United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: Yet another African migrant guilty, this time in BC

Latest update 3 March 2009
British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Googling results in HIV exposure arrest

Latest update 2 March 2009
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Tennessee man accused of infecting woman during ‘drug holiday’, confesses to police

Latest update 13 February 2009

A 47 year-old man from Portland, Tennesseee became the 15th person to be prosecuted under Tennessee’s criminal HIV exposure laws this week after he was charged with three counts of criminal exposure to HIV. The details of this case, as…

Read More
Tennessee United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Georgia man gets two years for HIV exposure

Latest update 13 January 2009

A 38 year-old man from Macon, Georgia has been jailed for two years and must also serve 200 hours of community service whilst on eight years probation following his release, for having sex with a woman he planned to marry…

Read More
Georgia United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: Another heterosexual migrant charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 8 January 2009
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Charges dropped in Wisconsin ‘HIV exposure’ case

Latest update 17 December 2008
Wisconsin United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: New York man faked HIV test, charged with reckless endangerment

Latest update 10 December 2008
New York United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: Toronto man gets a year in jail for HIV exposure after Crown appeals lenient sentence

Latest update 9 December 2008

An HIV-positive Toronto man found guilty in May of HIV exposure, has had his one year suspended sentence increased to one year in prison, following an appeal by the Crown at the Ontario Court of Appeal. Apparently, “the sentence imposed…

Read More
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Michigan woman sentenced to time served and 5 years probation for HIV exposure charges in Kalamazoo

Latest update 8 December 2008

     

Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

[Update]France: Woman receives five year suspended sentence for HIV transmission to ex-husband

Latest update 5 December 2008

On Wednesday, a 39 year-old HIV-positive woman from Orleans in north-central France was found guilty of the French crime of “administration de substance nuisible par conjoint ou concubin ayant entraîné une infirmité permanente” (administering a harmful substance to one’s spouse…

Read More
France Alleged sexual transmission Women

UK: Man jailed for two years for sexual hepatitis B transmission – world first?

Latest update 21 November 2008

In what appears to the first ever criminal case of sexual hepatitis B virus transmission, a man in Gloucester has been sentenced to two years in prison under Section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 – the…

Read More
England United Kingdom Other

Netherlands: Three men on trial for deliberately injecting HIV into 12 men sentenced nine years, five years, and a year-and-a-half respectively

Latest update 15 November 2008

Three men are on trial in the Dutch city of Groningen accused of deliberately injecting 12 men with HIV during private sex parties. The case has been covered with remarkable restraint by the Dutch media, and I include three reports…

Read More
Netherlands Needle/syringe Gay men

Uzbekistan: Prosecutor office starts legal proceedings against local doctors for HIV transmission due to negligence

Latest update 11 November 2008
Uzbekistan Medical/dental

Germany: Man on trial for unprotected sex with 16 year-olds

Latest update 4 November 2008
Germany Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida woman guilty of mother-to-child HIV transmission

Latest update 28 October 2008

In what appears to be the first successful case of a criminal prosecution for mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the US (a Canadian woman was prosecuted under similar circumtances in 2006), a Florida woman has been sentenced to two years’…

Read More
Florida United States Vertical transmission Women

US: Californian civil liability case begins

Latest update 27 October 2008

The ground-breaking civil liability lawsuit between Bridget B. and John B. began two weeks ago in a California courtroom. So far, only two stories have appeared, suggesting that either the case has been adjourned, or the press have been banned.

California United States Civil cases (non criminal)

[Update]US: North Carolina man under house arrest for having an STI

Latest update 23 October 2008

       

North Carolina United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]Canada: Mabior sentenced to 14 years

Latest update 12 October 2008
Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Oklahoma woman charged with HIV exposure for biting

Latest update 11 October 2008

   

Oklahoma United States Biting

[Update]US: Mississippi woman gets 10 years, nine suspended, for HIV exposure

Latest update 8 October 2008

 

Mississippi United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

[Update]Australia: No more appeals for Andree Chad Parenzee

Latest update 2 October 2008

     

South Australia Australia

US: Man in sex offender treatment programme ‘offends’ again

Latest update 1 October 2008

       

New York United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]US: Another Michigan man sentenced to 2 months in jail for HIV exposure

Latest update 25 September 2008

     

Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: HIV-positive hemophiliac with cancer imprisoned for 14 months for HIV exposure

Latest update 25 September 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: Ontario man imprisoned for a second time for HIV exposure

Latest update 15 September 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Australia: HIV-positive sex worker gets 2 1/2 months jail for being an HIV-positive sex worker

Latest update 15 September 2008

         

Australian Capital Territory Australia Gay men Sex workers

Canada: Zambian migrant gets eights years, deportation, for HIV exposure in Winnipeg

Latest update 25 August 2008
Manitoba Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Alleged South Dakota gay HIV exposure case investigated, headline TV news

Latest update 24 August 2008
South Dakota United States Gay men

[Update]Australia: Lam Kuoth’s laywers appeal against ‘excessive’ suspended sentence

Latest update 24 August 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: New Hampshire man forced to pay for cop’s HIV test after spitting

Latest update 18 August 2008
New Hampshire United States Spitting

[Update]Canada: Ontario woman acquitted of criminal HIV exposure

Latest update 15 August 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

Kyrgyzstan: Nine doctors jailed for negligent HIV transmission

Latest update 15 August 2008
Kyrgyzstan Medical/dental

Canada: Another African migrant ‘guilty’ of HIV exposure, gets seven years

Latest update 2 August 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: Michael Neal not guilty of deliberate HIV transmission but guilty of nine counts of attempting to infect a person with HIV

Latest update 31 July 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Georgia prisoner, found to be mentally incompetent by the judge, sentenced to 20 years for attempting to bite guards

Latest update 25 July 2008
Georgia United States Biting

US: HIV-positive Georgia woman gets three years for spitting

Latest update 23 July 2008
Georgia United States Spitting

Poland: 34 year-old migrant charged with alleged HIV transmission to 11 women

Latest update 19 July 2008
Poland Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Ohio man serving six years prosecuted again for HIV exposure

Latest update 15 July 2008
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: young woman in Zlatoust will have 6-month probation for HIV non-disclosure and potential transmission to her lover

Latest update 3 July 2008
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Ohio man who disclosed HIV status in court now charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 3 July 2008
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: Saskatchewan plans to prosecute man already convicted in Ontario

Latest update 3 July 2008
Saskatchewan Canada Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 2 July 2008
Botswana Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 15 June 2008
Bermuda Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 10 June 2008
California United States Civil cases (non criminal)

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

Latest update 9 June 2008

   

Texas United States Biting

Australia: Sydney man pleads guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Latest update 5 June 2008
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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 United States 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 United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 26 April 2008
England United Kingdom Biting