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Stigma, denial of health services, dismissal, deportation – these are just some of the problems HIV-positive people in Russia can face. For 25 years Positive Dialogue NGO helps people with these problems. A quiet street in the centre of St….

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has begun hearing a landmark case on the right to health, in which LGBT and human rights defenders sued the state for criminalisation of HIV transmission and mandatory disclosure of one’s serostatus. By Kikonyogo Kivumbi…

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that repeals criminal penalties for people who transmit HIV to others. House Bill 1063, sponsored by Rep. Carol Ammons, an Urbana Democrat, and Sen. Robert Peters, a Chicago Democrat,…

Automated Google translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down Russia still has a law prohibiting HIV-infected migrants from staying in the country. This norm does not just legalise discrimination – it puts people in mortal danger who…

Findings show that Black people and women are disproportionately affected by the state’s HIV criminal laws. LOS ANGELES – New analysis from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that as many as 154 people have been incarcerated…

Russian legislation has a section on HIV infection. It criminalises not only the actual infection but also exposure to another person. Exposure to infection is, for example, when a person with HIV has not informed their partner of their status…

For the first time since enacting HIV laws in the 1980s, Missouri will update its laws that make it a crime to expose a person to the virus. Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed a bill that reduces the charges…

Automatic google translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law on state fingerprint registration of visa-free foreign citizens in Russia. According to the law, visa-free foreigners will now have…

Automated translation – For article in Russian, please scroll down. Russia is one of 19 countries that deport migrants living with HIV. Migrants, in turn, prefer not to return to their homeland and remain in the country illegally. For fear of being…

Translated from French with Deepl.com – For original article, please scroll down The French National Assembly has passed an amendment allowing gay & bisexual men to donate blood under the same conditions as heterosexual men. The measure is due to…

Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon ordered her team on Friday to review all prosecutions brought by the county under Michigan’s former felony law AIDS — Sexual Penetration with Uninformed Partner. The review found only two prosecutions. One case was dropped,…

HENDERSON, NV – Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak today signed into law landmark legislation to reform outdated Nevada laws that criminalized and stigmatized people living with HIV. Senate Bill (SB) 275 was introduced by Senator Dallas Harris, received bipartisan support in the Senate, and…

Translated with www.DeepL.com. For article in Spanish, please scroll down. The arrest in Mexico City of a man for allegedly hiding the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from his girlfriend sparked controversy on social networks and harsh criticism of the Mexico…

LGBTQ groups share mixed feelings on bills that passed, failed during the session It’s easy to measure Nevada’s success in passing legislation that enhances LGBTQ protections when compared to the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills, specifically anti-trans proposals, that have been…

Jeremy Merithew had a hook-up in 2012 that he will remember for the rest of his life. He met a man on the gay app Adam4Adam. The man came over for sex and left. The next day, a deputy from…

The Health Not Prisons Dispatch is a monthly bulletin highlighting recent developments relevant to criminalisation and policing of people living with HIV in the United States, along with upcoming events, relevant resources, and opportunities to get involved. The June edition…

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The Interior Ministry proposes to rewrite Article 130 in the Criminal Code, which deals with deliberate exposure to a dangerous communicable disease. Now it mainly refers to HIV, but also mentions “other incurable infectious diseases. The new interpretation removes HIV…

(TRENTON) – Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle has introduced legislation to decriminalize the transmission of HIV under certain circumstances. Under current New Jersey law, it is a crime of the third degree if a person knows that he or she is…

Last week’s sentencing of a Wellington man for rape was legally significant for being New Zealand’s first successful prosecution for what is known as “stealthing”. Stealthing occurs when a condom is removed without consent during sexual intercourse. In these cases, a person…

Translated from Russian via Deepl.com. For original article, please scroll down. Fedot Tumusov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Health Committee, has sent for review to the Russian Government a draft law proposing to abolish mandatory deportation of foreigners…

The Missouri House overwhelmingly backed legislation Monday to ease access to drugs that can help prevent HIV infection, one of several measures lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates are backing in the Legislature this year. Rep. Phil Christofanelli, R-St. Peters, garnered…

Automated translation via Deepl.com – For original article in Russian, please scroll down. Representatives of the Regional Expert Group on the Health of Migrants in the EECA region called the current practice of deporting migrants with HIV in Russia not…

The February arrest of a Dayton man is highlighting Ohio’s laws on HIV criminalization and the need for reform. The 50-year-old Dayton resident faces charges of felony assault after police say he offered an undercover detective oral sex during a…

It is no longer a crime for Virginians to fail to disclose their HIV+ status before engaging in sexual activities with an unknowing partner, after legislation from the General Assembly’s spring session took effect Thursday. The new law says that…