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By Betty Amamukirori, John Masaba The majority of the HIV-positive persons are living in fear of the law and many choose not to disclose their status. HIV/AIDS activists have asked the Government to review the HIV and AIDS Prevention and…

Google translation, for original article in Spanish please scroll down.  MYSU (Women and Health in Uruguay) opposes a project that raises imprisonment for those who violate health provisions in the face of the coronavirus A delegation of Women and Health…

This guide is an evidence-based resource to assist journalists in Canada in reporting responsibly and accurately about alleged HIV non-disclosure and resulting criminal cases. People living with HIV in Canada can be prosecuted for “aggravated sexual assault” (one of the…

THE National AIDS Trust has moved to quell fears that anyone could contract HIV via bloodied clothing after a woman was fined for threatening to infect a police officer in Newtown last week. This week C. pleaded guilty to assaulting…

Automatic translation via Deepl. For original article in Spanish, please scroll down. August 16 marked the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the National HIV/AIDS Law passed in 1990. This week, a bill for a comprehensive response to HIV, viral…

An HIV-AIDS legal advocate says Alberta’s top court has turned a deaf ear to the concerns of Canada’s HIV-AIDs community by upholding the automatic, lifetime listing of convicted sex offenders in a national registry, even if the assault conviction is…

PHILADELPHIA (September 8, 2020) – HIV prevention remains a public health priority in the United States. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug regimen recommended for individuals who have engaged in behaviors that place them at elevated risk for HIV. When…

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is investigating allegations that South Africans working at the Libyan embassy in Pretoria were pressured to test and reveal their HIV status after asking to be tested for COVID-19. Several of the…

One of the hardest lines I’ve ever had to deliver was, “I’m going to die.” It was the initial response of my character Ricky after being diagnosed with HIV during the height of the epidemic in season two of the…

The deputy police spokesman stated that those who know they are HIV positive but still donate blood or persuade vulnerable people to donate blood can be charged with the criminal offence of “intent to kill”.  On August 20, at the…

The following statement is issued jointly by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”), the Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ-SIDA), and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO). August 7, 2020 — This week,…

Automatic translation from Deepl.com, for original article in French, please scroll down. We have read two articles written by Hélène Buzzetti and published on August 1st, 2020. In a context where scientific advances surrounding HIV are struggling to make their…

The Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions have been given 30 days from 20th July 2020 within which to file their responses to Petition 447 of 2019, a case challenging the constitutionality of Section 26 of the Sexual…

Source: Pravo – Translated automatically by Deepl.com. For original article in Russian, please scroll down.  The exact list of diseases to be reported will be determined by the government. On 20 July, President Vladimir Putin signed a law obliging prison…

A panel at the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020, gone virtual this year due to COVID-19) discussed the growing right-wing populist movements around the world that threaten advances made by activists toward ending criminalization of people living with HIV…

People who expose a police officer or emergency worker to body fluids would be compelled to have their blood tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, under a proposed law in NSW. But this law isn’t needed to protect…

Can this HIV prevention strategy overcome mistrust and fear among marginalized communities? In Texas, health officials recently used a new surveillance technology to identify a large HIV outbreak among gay and bisexual Latino men. In Massachusetts, officials used the same…

As Calls for Justice Echo Around the United States, National Groups Led by Most-Policed Communities Affected by HIV and COVID-19 Join in Partnership The Health Not Prisons Collective Vows to Combat Anti-Black Racism, End Criminalization of Pandemics and Abolish Systems…

The Foundation partners with Gilead Sciences, Inc. and the Health Not Prisons Collective on a major, multi-state effort to decriminalize HIV and modernize laws that lead to the discrimination of people living with HIV. LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Elizabeth…

The criminalisation of the virus would create greater barriers to accessing healthcare systems already preventing many people from getting treatment. After it was announced that no further action would be taken by police regarding the death of Belly Mujinga, a railway worker who…

Abstract Online dating and hookup platforms have fundamentally changed people’s day-to-day practices of sex and love-but exist in tension with older social and medicolegal norms. This is particularly the case for people with HIV, who are frequently stigmatized, surveilled, ostracized…

Abstract In recent years, phylogenetic analysis of HIV sequence data has been used in research studies to investigate transmission patterns between individuals and groups, including analysis of data from HIV prevention clinical trials; in molecular epidemiology; and in public health…

A toolkit to equip networks of people living with HIV to take forward advocacy actions based on key findings and recommendations from PLHIV Stigma Index Reports The People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Stigma Index is a standardised tool to gather…

Police Scotland has said it will stop marking people with HIV as “contagious” in their intelligence database after reviewing the procedure. A charity uncovered the practice and raised concerns that it could lead to discrimination. HIV Scotland said the change…