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HIV criminalisation cases

The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global news reports.

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US: Alleged South Dakota gay HIV exposure case investigated, headline TV news

Latest update 24 August 2008
South Dakota USA Gay men

[Update]Australia: Lam Kuoth’s laywers appeal against ‘excessive’ suspended sentence

Latest update 24 August 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: New Hampshire man forced to pay for cop’s HIV test after spitting

Latest update 18 August 2008
New Hampshire USA Spitting

[Update]Canada: Ontario woman acquitted of criminal HIV exposure

Latest update 15 August 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

Kyrgyzstan: Nine doctors jailed for negligent HIV transmission

Latest update 15 August 2008
Kyrgyzstan Medical/dental

Canada: Another African migrant ‘guilty’ of HIV exposure, gets seven years

Latest update 2 August 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: Michael Neal not guilty of deliberate HIV transmission but guilty of nine counts of attempting to infect a person with HIV

Latest update 31 July 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Georgia prisoner, found to be mentally incompetent by the judge, sentenced to 20 years for attempting to bite guards

Latest update 25 July 2008
Georgia USA Biting

US: HIV-positive Georgia woman gets three years for spitting

Latest update 23 July 2008
Georgia USA Spitting

Poland: 34 year-old migrant charged with alleged HIV transmission to 11 women

Latest update 19 July 2008
Poland Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Ohio man serving six years prosecuted again for HIV exposure

Latest update 15 July 2008
Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: young woman in Zlatoust will have 6-month probation for HIV non-disclosure and potential transmission to her lover

Latest update 3 July 2008
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Ohio man who disclosed HIV status in court now charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 3 July 2008
Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: Saskatchewan plans to prosecute man already convicted in Ontario

Latest update 3 July 2008
Saskatchewan Canada Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update] Botswana: Judge acquits lawyer accused of HIV exposure

Latest update 2 July 2008
Botswana Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Bermuda: Man pleads guilty, gets 10 years for HIV exposure

Latest update 15 June 2008
Bermuda Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Date set for ground-breaking Californian civil liability case

Latest update 10 June 2008
California USA Civil cases (non criminal)

US: Another Dallas man accused of using his HIV as a weapon

Latest update 9 June 2008

   

Texas USA Biting

Australia: Sydney man pleads guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Latest update 5 June 2008
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Tumen man convicted for possible HIV transmission based on medical records and sentenced to 1 year 6 month in prison

Latest update 30 May 2008
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Halifax man guilty of HIV exposure

Latest update 20 May 2008
Nova Scotia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Trevis Smith loses appeal

Latest update 15 May 2008
Saskatchewan Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Texas man gets 35 years for spitting; saliva was ‘deadly weapon’

Latest update 15 May 2008
Texas USA Spitting

Russia: prisoner from Zabaykalye who sprayed his blood into face of prison doctor, will face up to 1-year imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 12 May 2008
Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Singapore: Man pleads guilty to HIV exposure following oral sex

Latest update 9 May 2008

   

Singapore Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

France: Marseille man facing three years for HIV transmission

Latest update 9 May 2008
France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Montreal domestic violence victim guilty of HIV exposure

Latest update 3 May 2008
Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Arkansas man gets 12 years for HIV exposure; faces up to 30

Latest update 2 May 2008
Arkansas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

UK: Refugee with ‘suspected’ HIV jailed for ‘biting’ cop

Latest update 26 April 2008
England United Kingdom Biting

US: Medical records released to prosecutors in Pennsylvania spitting case

Latest update 21 April 2008

     

Pennsylvania USA Spitting

[Update]Canada: Owen Antoine sentenced to five years following one-night stand

Latest update 15 April 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Updated]US: SC man convicted again for exposing woman to HIV

Latest update 14 April 2008

   

South Carolina USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Woman pleads guilty to unprotected sex, gets five years suspended sentence

Latest update 9 April 2008
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual exposure Women

Australia: Not guilty verdict in Melbourne HIV exposure trial

Latest update 4 April 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Jilted wife accuses husband of criminal HIV transmission twelve years after alleged event

Latest update 29 March 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Illinois man imprisoned for ten years for HIV exposure (again)

Latest update 29 March 2008
Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Ryan Handy gets eight months in prison for HIV exposure

Latest update 28 March 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]US: Man gets nine months for HIV exposure in Virginia

Latest update 27 March 2008
Virginia USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: Melbourne man not guilty of reckless HIV transmission

Latest update 20 March 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Condom use no defence for HIV exposure liability

Latest update 25 February 2008
Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Another Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 15 February 2008

     

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men Heterosexual men

Canada: HIV exposure charge dismissed following dramatic Ontario courtroom scene

Latest update 5 February 2008

           

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]Sweden: British man sentenced to 14 years for HIV transmission

Latest update 1 February 2008
Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Further developments in California civil case

Latest update 28 January 2008
California USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Civil cases (non criminal)

Australia: Brisbane man jailed 12 months for biting a policeman

Latest update 17 January 2008
Queensland Australia Biting

US: Illinois man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 14 January 2008
Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: HIV-positive Navy chaplain pleads guilty to HIV exposure and other charges

Latest update 6 December 2007
FED Military USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Kansas man already convicted of HIV exposure in one county convicted again

Latest update 3 December 2007
Kansas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Botswana: Lawyer on trial for sexual HIV exposure

Latest update 3 December 2007
Botswana Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Iowa woman receives probation after pleading guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Latest update 27 November 2007
Iowa USA Alleged sexual transmission Women

Canada: Winnipeg HIV exposure/transmission trial halted

Latest update 26 November 2007
Manitoba Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Sverdlovsk regional court sentenced a woman to 4,5 years in prison for HIV non-disclosure and perceived transmission to three men

Latest update 20 November 2007
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Updated]US: Woman originally charged with attempted murder biting shopkeeper sentenced to 12 years for biting and robbery

Latest update 12 November 2007

     

Kentucky USA Biting

US: Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 12 November 2007

     

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: British Columbia man receives 4 1/2 years for HIV exposure; shoddy reporting

Latest update 4 November 2007

     

British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: North Carolina soldier pleads guilty to reckless HIV transmission; sentenced to 40 months

Latest update 1 November 2007

 

FED Military USA Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Missouri woman sentenced to 10 years for HIV exposure

Latest update 18 October 2007
Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

UK: Hunt for Mark James continues

Latest update 15 October 2007
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

UK: First intentional HIV transmission case in UK?

Latest update 3 October 2007
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

New Zealand: Man jailed for HIV exposure and underage sex

Latest update 26 September 2007

   

New Zealand Heterosexual men

Sweden: Three cases of HIV transmission/exposure in as many months

Latest update 25 September 2007

     

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission

US: Man awaiting sentencing for HIV exposure in Tennessee

Latest update 14 September 2007

   

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]Canada: Ontario woman sentenced to two years for HIV transmission

Latest update 18 August 2007
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Women

France: Gay man indicted for HIV transmission

Latest update 10 August 2007
France Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

UK: Michael Fielder sentenced (UK reckless transmission case thrown out due to lack of evidence)

Latest update 14 July 2007
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Austria: 20-year-old sentenced to 7 months for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 2 July 2007
Austria Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Youth

Russia: 17-year-old girl from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski prosecuted for HIV transmission to four man; she can face up to 8 years in prison

Latest update 28 April 2007
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women Youth

US: 45-year-old man facing jail in Illinois for blood donation

Latest update 30 November 2006
Illinois USA Blood donation

Sweden: Woman living with HIV sentenced to 2 years and 5 months for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 28 April 2006
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

Serbia: Woman files criminal complaint against husband for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 2 September 2005
Serbia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Latest update 3 June 2005
Georgia USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Argentina: 3 years suspended sentence for alleged intentional HIV transmission

Latest update 14 July 2003
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission

UK: Man sentenced to 5 years in Scotland for alleged “reckless transmission”

Latest update 17 November 2001
Scotland United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Singapore: Five men living with HIV jailed for hiding their status before donating blood

Latest update 8 December 2000
Singapore Blood donation

Canada: Supreme Court rules that it is a criminal offence for an HIV-positive person to engage in consensual sex without disclosing their status

Latest update 3 September 1998

   

Canada Alleged sexual exposure

Cyprus: Court sentenced British woman to 7 months in jail for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 28 April 1998
Cyprus Alleged sexual exposure Women

Cyprus: Cypriot fisherman sentenced to 15 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 August 1997
Cyprus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: 31-year-old man living with HIV arrested in Missouri charged with felony for donating blood

Latest update 17 October 1996
Missouri USA Blood donation

Bermuda: Man sentenced to 14 years for alleged HIV transmission under new changes to the Criminal Code

Latest update 6 May 1995
Bermuda Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Man living with HIV imprisoned for non-disclosure during blood donation

Latest update 3 November 1993
Victoria Australia Blood donation

Canada: Supreme court dismisses appeal in case of blood donation

Latest update 6 April 1993
Ontario Canada Blood donation

US: Man charged for donating blood in Illinois

Latest update 6 June 1987
Illinois USA Blood donation Alleged sexual exposure