SOME activists want a section of HIV/Aids Prevention and Control Act that criminalise willing infection of a person with the virus to be repealed. The activists said section 22-24 which say a person who is aware of being infected with HIV shall be prosecuted, a move they say will increase infection rate in the country.
Kenya: Advocates lobby to repeal HIV-specific law criminalising non-disclosure/'exposure'
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Uganda: Legal Environment Assessment recommends changes to the penal code to address HIV and sex work criminalisation, stigma, discrimination and gender-based violence
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US: Indiana to undertake a review of its criminal code for laws concerning HIV
Laws criminalizing HIV to be reviewed by legislative interim study committee
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The Chamber of Deputies gave half sanction to the new HIV law with a large majority
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