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HIV criminalisation cases

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

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[Update]US: Tennessee man previously convicted for HIV non-disclosure pleads guilty to allegedly infecting his ex-wife without disclosing his HIV status, receives four years probation

Latest update 8 October 2015
Tennessee United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man receives 31 months after pleading guilty to allegedly infecting his ex-girlfriend

Latest update 30 September 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: St.Petersburg court considers the cases against 28 y.o. man for possible HIV transmission

Latest update 30 September 2015
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Omsk man will serve 1,5-year sentence for allegedly infecting his girlfriend because of fear of HIV disclosure

Latest update 23 September 2015

   

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]UK: CPS drops reckless HIV transmission prosecution due to lack of phylogenetic report

Latest update 15 September 2015
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Tennessee man accused of ‘knowingly infecting his wife with HIV’

Latest update 10 September 2015
Tennessee United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Ukraine: Chernivtsi man sentenced to four years in prison with multiple charges, including robbing and HIV exposure for biting

Latest update 30 August 2015
Ukraine Biting Heterosexual men

US: Man previously convicted of ‘HIV exposure’ in South Carolina charged in Georgia with ‘reckless conduct’ for not disclosing his HIV-positive status

Latest update 26 August 2015
Georgia South Carolina United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: New Jersey man convicted of HIV non-disclosure appeals ‘open ended’ reimbursement of medical and psychological expenses for the two female complainants

Latest update 21 August 2015
New Jersey Canada United States Harm Heterosexual men Civil cases (non criminal)

[Update] Iceland: Nigerian ‘asylum seeker’ accused of infecting women with HIV released, but investigation continues

Latest update 20 August 2015
Iceland Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Russia: man from Anjero-Sudjensk of Kemerovo region prosecuted for possible HIV transmission; he can face up to 5 years imprisonment

Latest update 2 July 2015
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Missouri man gets suspended sentence after pleading guilty to HIV non-disclosure and ‘reckless’ transmission

Latest update 23 June 2015
Missouri United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Ohio: Man indicted on one count of felonious assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure to woman he met on Craigslist

Latest update 18 June 2015
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

UK: Zambian migrant, 28, pleads guilty to two counts of ‘reckless’ HIV transmission, sentenced to seven years

Latest update 15 June 2015
Wales United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

[Update]US: Michigan prosecutors drop alleged HIV non-disclosure case against previously convicted man

Latest update 14 June 2015
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

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

[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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

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

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

Latest update 3 July 2014
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual 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

Zimbabwe: Fifth HIV-related criminal prosecution in two years

Latest update 5 February 2014
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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)

Canada: Toronto man previously convicted for HIV non-disclosure, and whose case is under appeal (R. v. Felix), arrested again

Latest update 9 April 2013
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Australia: Queensland man accused of ‘knowing’ HIV transmission has name released following hearing

Latest update 4 April 2013
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Musician ordered deported to Zimbabwe because he failed to disclose HIV status to sex partners

Latest update 3 April 2013
British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Migrants

Australia: Queensland police arrest man, issue press release, following alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 13 March 2013
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Man, 30, pleads guilty to ‘reckless’ HIV transmission, gets 2 1/2 years

Latest update 2 March 2013
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Idaho man arrested during traffic stop for alleged HIV non-disclosure prior to sex with woman in 2012

Latest update 9 February 2013
Idaho United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Missouri man charged under HIV-specific statute for alleged non-disclosure to girlfriend

Latest update 31 January 2013
Missouri United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Bermuda: Man, 23, receives three years’ probation for not disclosing his HIV status to his girlfriend

Latest update 17 January 2013
Bermuda Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Youth

Austria: Fine and conditional prison sentence for 33-year-old accused of HIV exposure

Latest update 16 January 2013
Austria Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Texas Court of Appeals says man sentenced for alleged HIV transmission entitled to appeal hearing

Latest update 9 January 2013
Texas United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida man charged with ‘criminal transmission of HIV and sexual intercourse without disclosure of HIV’ following complaints by two women

Latest update 4 January 2013
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Texas man gets 15 years after pleading guilty to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 January 2013
Texas United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Nizhny Novgorod police investigates a man for possibly infecting his girlfriend with HIV under special control of Prosecutor’s Office

Latest update 24 December 2012
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: [Update]Stigma alert: British tabloid’s sensationalised interview with former partner of man recently convicted of reckless HIV transmission

Latest update 5 December 2012
England United Kingdom Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: More on the Trinidadian migrant case

Latest update 25 November 2012
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Migrants

Ghana: Ghana man arrested during live radio interview for ‘spreading HIV’

Latest update 3 November 2012
Ghana Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Journalist Luke Baumgarten’s powerful exposition of HIV prosecutions in Washington state and beyond

Latest update 3 October 2012
Washington United States Articles Media/Public Opinion Personal testimonies Prosecutors Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Youth

US: Ohio man pleads not guilty to HIV non-disclosure charges

Latest update 3 October 2012
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Sweden: Man sentenced to four months and must pay SEK 15 000 in damages for HIV non-disclosure to wife

Latest update 14 September 2012
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Woman, 22, accuses former partner, 38, of ‘alleged deliberate infection’

Latest update 6 September 2012
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

US: Michigan man who turned himself in for ‘deliberately’ infecting others, sentenced to 1.5 to four years

Latest update 2 September 2012
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Michigan man arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 2 September 2012
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Chelyabinsk court ruled three-year probation for a man who allegedly transmitted HIV to two women

Latest update 7 August 2012
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: In Magnitogorsk of Chelyabinsk region, a man is convicted for HIV non-disclosure and alleged HIV transmission;

Latest update 10 February 2012
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Romania: Man sentenced to 14 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 3 February 2012
Romania Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Sweden: Young man, 20, gets eight months in prison, must pay 220,000 kronor to eight women for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 25 January 2012
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Youth

Spain: Man sentenced to 9 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 8 September 2011
Spain Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

France: Man sentenced to five years for alleged transmission during one-off unprotected sex encounter in 1999

Latest update 29 March 2011
France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

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

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

[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: 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]Finland: Appeal court increases Hakkarainen sentence

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