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US: REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act reintroduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee even as some US states propose new HIV-specific criminal laws

20 April 2015

The past month or so has seen a huge amount of activity around overly broad HIV criminalisation in the United States, culminating the reintroduction of the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act by Congresswoman Barbara Lee. As well as on-going arrests and…

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Texas: Another ‘deadly weapon’ HIV exposure conviction: 15 years for one-off sexual encounter

14 August 2010

A 26 year-old man from the small Texan town of Copperas Cove has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with an additional $3000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The aggravated assault? Having…

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US: Padieu gives TV interview, highlights Texan ‘injustice’

3 June 2009

It wouldn’t happen anywhere else, but three days after Philippe Padieu was sentenced to 45 years in prison after being found guilty of six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, after having unprotected sex without first disclosing his…

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US: Texan man found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for reckless HIV transmission

30 May 2009

A Texas jury has found 53 year-old Philippe Padieu of Frisco, Texas, guilty of six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is the sixteenth person with HIV in Texas to be successfully prosecuted for either HIV exposure…

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US: Spitting as a deadly weapon: analysis

16 May 2008

I have just written a news feature for aidsmap.com analysing the recent conviction of an HIV-positive man in Texas to 35 years in prison for spitting at a policeman. The first few paragraphs are below, but to read the article…

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News by the HIV Justice Network

US: REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act reintroduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee even as some US states propose new HIV-specific criminal laws

Texas: Another ‘deadly weapon’ HIV exposure conviction: 15 years for one-off sexual encounter

US: Padieu gives TV interview, highlights Texan ‘injustice’

US: Texan man found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for reckless HIV transmission

US: Spitting as a deadly weapon: analysis

News curated from other sources

Russia: Bill proposing to abolish mandatory deportation of foreigners with HIV submitted for review

US: Bill proposed in Missouri removes HIV-specific language from state law and reflects more recent research

US: Bill to decriminalise HIV transmission advances to the Senate in Illinois

Russia: Deporting migrants with HIV from Russia is not only inhumane but also economically unprofitable

US: The Coverage of a recent case of HIV criminalisation in Ohio shows why the law needs to change

US[Update]: Virginia Governor signs bill to amend HIV criminalisation law

US: Senator introduces a bill in Nevada that would modernise HIV laws in line with other communicable diseases

US: Bill in Pennsylvania would increase penalty for spitting on police officer to felony if HIV positive

Russia: The deportation of people living with HIV is outdated, bad for public health and economically ineffective

US: Ohio HIV laws are antiquated, unscientific and harmful