In Georgia, a woman was sentenced to eight years in jail for failing to disclose her HIV status to a male partner, despite witnesses’ statements that he already knew she was HIV positive. There’s a man in Ohio who is serving 40 years for failing to tell his ex-girlfriend that he was HIV positive, even though the case was motivated by an ex-lover’s jealous rage.
US: Excellent article by Ari Ezra Waldman explaining why US HIV criminalisation laws are unjust and how to move forward
News curated from other sources

“The evidence is overwhelming: criminalisation does not prevent HIV, it fuels it”
The scourge of LGBTQ criminalisation moving across African countries – and its impact on HIV
August 22, 2026

Russia: New rules require health services to report HIV among foreign nationals
Medical organisations required to report foreign nationals’ HIV infections to the Ministry of the Interior
August 19, 2026

Senegal: Harsh penalties for same-sex relations is severely disrupting HIV services
HIV care suffers under Senegal anti-gay law
August 9, 2026

The Anti-Rights Movement is Organised. Are We?
August 3, 2026

US: Pennsylvania’s HIV Decriminalization Law comes under fire from activists
“Profound Disappointment” at Pennsylvania’s Updated HIV Crime Law
August 1, 2026
News by the HIV Justice Network

The Irony of HIV Exceptionalism
September 4, 2026



