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HIV criminalisation cases

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

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US: 34-year-old man charged with felonious assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 14 August 2025
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update] US: Georgia man on murder charges for alleged HIV transmission seeks more preparation time before trial

Latest update 13 August 2025
Georgia United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Court upholds conviction for alleged HIV exposure in Tashkent

Latest update 31 July 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Khorezm Appeal Court upholds six-year sentence in HIV transmission case

Latest update 31 July 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Defendant receives 4-year restriction of liberty for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 28 July 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[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

Uzbekistan: Two-year prison term for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 3 July 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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: 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 5 Years imprisonment for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 26 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

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

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

Latest update 5 May 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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: Appeal court upholds verdict in case of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 14 April 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: Minsk resident charged with alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 21 March 2025
Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

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

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

Russia: Migrant arrested for alleged HIV transmission in Kostroma

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

Uzbekistan: Man sentenced to 5 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 30 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 17 January 2025
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

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

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

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

[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

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

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

Latest update 5 September 2024
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

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

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

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

US: Man arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-dislosure

Latest update 21 June 2024
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Kazakhstan: Man sentenced to 4 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 16 June 2024
Kazakhstan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: 30-year-old sentenced for alleged HIV transmission to a year and 6 months suspended

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

Russia: Criminal case for alleged HIV transmission dismissed following appeal from partner

Latest update 4 June 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: North Carolina man charged with felonious assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 16 May 2024
North Carolina United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Cherepovets man sentenced to restriction of freedom for 1.5 year for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 29 April 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Krasnoyarsk man in court for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 April 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Resident of Chaplyginsky district charged with alleged HIV transmission

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

Russia: Court of appeal upholds 2 years sentence for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 4 April 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Man found guilty of alleged HIV transmission in Krasnoturyinsk

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

France: Court of cassation holds former partner liable in HIV transmission case

Latest update 22 March 2024
France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Civil cases (non criminal)

[Update]Argentina: 42-year-old man sentenced to 6 Years in Santa Fe for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 6 March 2024
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: 60-year-old Montreal man sentenced to 7 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 27 February 2024
Quebec Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Ireland: Woman granted protection order against her husband under Domestic Violence Act for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 26 February 2024
Ireland Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Italy: Man with undetectable viral load acquitted because HIV transmission risk “substantially nil”

Latest update 26 February 2024
Italy Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Kenya: 47-year-old farmer charged with alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 21 February 2024
Kenya Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Man sentenced in Kaluga to 3.5 years in penal colony for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 January 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Russia: Man sentenced to 1.5 year in penal colony for alleged HIV transmission in Khabarovsk

Latest update 19 January 2024
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: 40-year-old man held in Ohio on felonious assault charges for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 19 January 2024
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Criminal case initiated against 47-year-old Nizhny Novgorod resident for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 18 December 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: 40-year-old man faces up to 5 years imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 4 December 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update] Canada: Quebec Court of appeal upholds 30 months sentence for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 2 December 2023
Quebec Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Ohio man with HIV arrested in sting operation faces felony charges for soliciting

Latest update 14 November 2023
Ohio United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Kazakhstan: Appeal court upholds sentence of man accused of alleged HIV transmission in Karanda region

Latest update 8 November 2023
Kazakhstan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Prosecution prioritises alleged HIV exposure, overlooks violent assault on woman

Latest update 18 October 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Belgorod resident sentenced to 1.5 years in penal colony for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 18 October 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: 35-year-old Ontario man wanted by police for alleged HIV-exposure

Latest update 17 October 2023
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

India: Case filed against husband for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 10 September 2023
India Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Kazakhstan: Man under investigation for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 10 September 2023
Kazakhstan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Belgorod resident to go on trial for allegedly infecting four people with HIV.

Latest update 7 September 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Criminal case initiated in Kuban against 43-year-old for alleged HIV non-disclosure and exposure

Latest update 26 August 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Federal investigation agency overrides police to request investigation of HIV transmission case

Latest update 26 July 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Man charged with alleged criminal exposure to HIV in Tennessee

Latest update 24 July 2023
Tennessee United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

UK: Man charged with grievous bodily harm for alleged HIV transmission sentenced to three years and four months in Leeds

Latest update 7 June 2023
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Case of HIV non-disclosure in Nizhny Novgorod dropped after partner petitions the court

Latest update 25 May 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Criminal case opens against Korsakovo’s resident for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 18 May 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Man placed under GPS monitoring and given suspended sentence for breaching Sexual Risk Order

Latest update 5 May 2023
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Nushawn Williams loses his latest appeal to be released from custody

Latest update 4 May 2023
New York United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Belgorod man faces up to five years in prison for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 2 May 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: Man arrested for alleged HIV transmission could face up to 8 years in prison

Latest update 22 April 2023
Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update] UK: Man extradited from Jamaica for alleged ‘reckless’ HIV transmission jailed for 3 years

Latest update 5 April 2023
England Jamaica United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Chelyabinsk citizen faces up to five years in prison for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 10 March 2023
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Police officer sentenced to 3 years for having sex with a woman in his custody and allegedly exposing her to HIV

Latest update 22 February 2023
Maryland Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men