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Sources: New Zimbabwe and ZimEye – Published on March 20, 2019   Ziyambi: Government to decriminalise wilful transmission of HIV (New Zimbabwe) JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed plans by government to repeal clauses in the Sexual Offences Act which…

Source TETU, Published 20/03/2019 – Google translation, for article in French please scroll down. Can a person living with HIV be prosecuted if she is under treatment? The Court of Cassation (French Highest Court) delivers a landmark decision. In a decision handed…

Source: The Sun Nigeria on March 18, 2019 HIV status: Akwa Ibom plan law against spread Akwa Ibom State government has expressed an intent to enact a law that would enable it prosecute persons found to wilfully infect or transmit…

Source: Asia Plus on March 14, 2019 Google translation, for Russian article, please scroll down. Why has the number of criminal cases for knowingly acquiring HIV infection suddenly increased in Tajikistan? In Sughd Oblast, seven criminal cases against people living with…

Source: EWNA, published on March 11, 2019 For the first time, HIV+ women in Kazakhstan submitted a shadow report to CEDAW  Today in Geneva, at the pre-sessional working group of the 74th meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of All…

Published in 20 minutos on March 12, 2019 (Google translation, for article in Spanish, please scroll down) Local deputy calls for repeal of criminalization of HIV patients Local Congressman Temístocles Villanueva Ramos considered that the authorities of Mexico City are…

Source: News4Jax – Published on March 8, 2019 Man accused of not telling partner he has HIV SX, 30, released on bond JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man who tested positive for HIV was arrested for not telling his partner that he had…

Published in echo.msk.ru on March 1, 2019 – Google translation, for from Russian article please scroll down.  A prison awaits us: what are discordant couples in Belarus afraid of? Ilya and Eugene – a gay couple from Belarus. They have been…

Published in the Daily Monitor on Febraury 22, 2019 Report shows how laws discriminate against HIV positive people KAMPALA- Various existing laws criminalise people living with HIV/ Aids, according to a new report released in Kampala on Thursday. The report is…

HIV Modernization Legislation Considered By Lawmakers A bill to modernize Indiana laws related to HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, was heard by lawmakers Wednesday. The proposal would update laws to reflect current science and medicine. Indiana laws related to the transmission of…

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Published in South China Morning Post on February 5, 2019 Visa restrictions for HIV-positive immigrants still in place in dozens of countries Recent leak in Singapore of data of HIV-positive people renewed attention on its curbs on long-term stays by…

Published in TUT.BY on February 6, 2019 – Google translation from Russian. For original article in Russian, please scroll down. There are also minors. How and who in the Gomel region are infected with HIV In the Gomel region, the number…

Published in aidsmap on February 6, 2019 Navigating rules and reality: HIV disclosure, infectiousness and legal obligations in Sweden Krishen Samuel Published: 06 February 2019 Jump to The study Supportive clinics and clinicians Taking responsibility for one’s knowledge and peer support…

Published in The Canadian Press on February 4, 2019 Groups want provinces to have consistent policies on limiting HIV prosecutions VANCOUVER — Advocacy groups are calling on provinces to follow the Justice Department’s directive to stop unjustly prosecuting HIV-positive people…

Published in Houston Herald on Feb. 4, 2019 By Alexis Allison Proposals to reduce criminal HIV exposure penalties encourage prevention JEFFERSON CITY — LaTrischa Miles doesn’t spit when she runs. A mother of three, the treatment adherence supervisor at Kansas…

How many Russians intentionally transmit HIV – Google translation from Russian article in News.Ru, published on January 25, 2019 – For article in Russian, scroll down. Each year, the police recorded about 100 crimes under the article about intentional HIV transmission. So, in 2018…

January 2019 Newsletter Table of Contents HIV is Not a Crime III Sero video from HINAC III for Day With(out) Art 2018: Alternate Endings, Activist Risings Network Empowerment Project: Tools to Strengthen a Movement New video: Sing Your Song: PLHIV Networks Change…

Legislation would change STD criminal statutes OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma lawmaker filed a bill that would amend the state’s criminal statutes regarding sexually transmitted diseases. Specifically, the bill would increase the number of behaviors considered criminal but reclassify all of the…

The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) has written a position paper proposing a feminist approach to law reform on HIV non-disclosure. LEAF supports the federal government’s recent prosecutorial directive intended to reduce the over-criminalization of those living with…

Rahmon introduced criminal liability for hairdressers to HIV infection (Google translation from Russian) In Tajikistan, the liability of doctors, beauty salons, hairdressers and other service enterprises for HIV infection has been strengthened. The President of the Republic, Emomali Rakhmon, has signed amendments…