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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…

A central Pennsylvania lawmaker’s bill to potentially give prison time to anyone who intentionally spits on a cop is on its way to the state Senate. The state House voted 146-56 earlier this week to approve the bill sponsored by Rep. Louis Schmitt (R-Blair)…

Automatic Google translation, for original article in Russian, please scroll down. Author: Ekaterina Ivaschenko Russia is one of 19 countries in the world where HIV is the basis for deportation. In practice, when migrants find out about their positive status, they…

The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to modernize the state’s HIV laws on Monday. The bipartisan show of support impressed HIV activists fighting for years to reform state laws that criminalize HIV. Senate Bill 164 won approval with a 50-2…

March 8, 2021 • By Trenton Straube Virginia’s governor is likely to sign a bill to update HIV crime laws, but AIDS advocates claim it doesn’t go far enough. State legislators in Virginia passed a bill that will update HIV crime laws, including those…

Imagine you are a transgender Black woman in Florida. You are already facing housing and workplace discrimination, gender-based violence and social and institutional racism. One of your few options for financial support is sex work, but you do not plan…

Bill would provide incentives to states to repeal laws that impose criminal penalties for alleged HIV exposure. The co-chairs of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus have introduced a bill to modernize laws regarding HIV and eliminate discrimination against people living with…

Legislation was introduced in Springfield today to end criminal penalties against people living with HIV (PLWH), which serve only to stigmatize and discriminate against PLWH. Current Illinois law makes legal behavior – like consensual sex – illegal, and adds harsh…

The violence against persons prohibition law also stipulates death penalty for rape convicts who infect their victims with HIV/AIDS. The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a law that stipulates a life sentence for rape. The violence against…

A Republican state lawmaker leads a bipartisan effort to modernize the state’s HIV laws, which critics say aren’t rooted in science and stigmatize people living with HIV. Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome, introduced Senate Bill 164 on Feb….

NSW Health says a proposed law enabling authorities to force people to undergo testing for bloodborne diseases could actually put frontline workers at greater risk. The department’s evidence to a parliamentary committee came as a senior NSW police official said…

Thirty years ago, HIV was largely considered to be a death sentence. At a time when the disease was little-understood, even within the health care community,  Virginia joined dozens of states in passing laws that criminalized “infected sexual battery” —…

The deputy of the Citizen Movement, Juan Martín Espinoza Cárdenas, proposed to punish from three to eight years in prison and a fine of 80 days to those who do not use or stop using a condom during sexual intercourse without…

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief Members of the public who violate lockdown regulations now risk paying a spot fine of $5 000 while those found guilty of deliberately transmitting HIV can pay up to $1,6 million. Fines have been reviewed upwards…

This report provides a summary of key developments in the legal environment for HIV responses in Asia and the Pacific. It is the product of a desk review conducted for UNAIDS and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2019….

Human rights defenders are trying to achieve the return of HIV / AIDS to the list of diseases that are the basis for presenting convicts with release from serving their sentences. According to the public foundation “Positive dialogue”, HIV /…

The bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Gretchen Dobervich, D-Fargo, said the penalty for knowingly transmitting HIV is unfairly harsh and doesn’t align with the infractions North Dakotans face if they willfully infect someone with any other sexually transmitted disease, such as…

Equality Virginia Executive Director Vee Lamneck on Monday announced HIV decriminalization is among their organization’s legislative priorities during the 2021 legislative session that begins this week. “Virginia is one of 37 states with outdated laws targeting and punishing people based…

Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, a region most affected by HIV in China, will roll out a new regulation next year where HIV/AIDS patients who conceal their condition from their partners will be prosecuted for criminal liability. The regulation has immediately…

Automatic translation via Deepl.com. For article in Spanish, please scroll down. The Green Ecologist Party in the LX Legislature, seeks to establish up to 4 years jail sentences for anyone who deliberately infects another person with a transmissable disease such…

The move is aimed at reducing local infections as well as cases in which people contract HIV without knowing their partners are positive. Breaking with standard confidentiality practices, doctors in Southwest China will soon be allowed to share patients’ positive…

Translation via Deepl.com – For article in Russian, please scroll down. People PLUS in action The legal environment for HIV-positive people will be further improved. The process has been launched. On the eve of December 1 a letter from the…