HIV criminalisation cases

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

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Kenya: 29-year old woman arrested and charged with alleged intentional transmission for breastfeeding a baby

Latest update 26 September 2018

Kenya Breastfeeding Women

Tajikistan: Second woman in a year to be charged for providing sexual services despite a positive HIV test

Latest update 21 September 2018

Tajikistan Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers Women

Russia: Woman sentenced to prison in Komi for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 10 July 2018

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women

Russia: 23-year-old woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for alleged HIV exposure n Penza

Latest update 6 July 2018

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women Youth

Turkey: Istanbul court acquits woman in case of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 12 June 2018

Türkiye Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Update]US: Ohio woman facing second conviction for alleged HIV non-disclosure sentenced to another five years in prison

Latest update 31 May 2018

Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

Belarus: Woman under criminal investigation for vertical transmission

Latest update 23 May 2018

Belarus Vertical transmission Women

Belarus: Woman tried and sentenced for HIV transmission despite her husband being aware of her HIV status

Latest update 26 April 2018

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Trans woman arrested for alleged HIV transmission and non-disclosure

Latest update 17 April 2018

Florida USA Alleged sexual transmission Trans* people

Zimbabwe: 25-year-old woman arrested for allegedly transmitting HIV to her husband

Latest update 17 April 2018

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Women Youth

Russia: 36-year-old woman arrested in Uvat region for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 31 March 2018

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women

Zimbabwe: 28-year-old woman arrested and charged for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 21 March 2018

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Woman arrested in Tennessee for criminal exposure to HIV for spitting at police officer

Latest update 1 March 2018

Tennessee USA Spitting Women

Suriname: 38-year-old woman to be charged with grievous bodily harm for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 21 February 2018

Suriname Alleged sexual exposure Women

Belarus: Woman charged for not disclosing her HIV status before having sex

Latest update 24 January 2018

Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Women

Russia: 2 years suspended sentence for 33-year-old Tyumen woman accused of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 December 2017

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Russia: Man and woman sentenced to 2.5 years each for allegedly transmitting HIV to their new partners

Latest update 3 December 2017

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Russia: Fundraising appeal to appoint new lawyer for 18-year-old woman prosecuted for alleged HIV exposure in the Volga region

Latest update 28 November 2017

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women Youth

US: Woman living with HIV arrested in Oklahoma for sex work and “intending to transfer HIV”

Latest update 22 November 2017

Oklahoma USA Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

[Update]US: Woman from Tennessee charged with criminal exposure to HIV for biting police officer

Latest update 14 November 2017

Tennessee USA Biting Women

US: Montana woman living with HIV charged with criminal endangerment for allegedly biting a security guard

Latest update 6 September 2017

Montana USA Biting Women

US: Pennsylvania woman who told ambulance workers she had HIV faces charge of aggravated assault for biting and spitting

Latest update 19 August 2017

Pennsylvania USA Biting Spitting

Zimbabwe: Woman living with HIV on trial for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 15 August 2017

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Update]Canada: Woman convicted and sentenced to jail in 2016 for alleged HIV non-disclosure appeals to Supreme Court

Latest update 30 July 2017

Manitoba Canada Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Man living with HIV in Ohio arrested for having sex with a woman

Latest update 28 June 2017

Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Michigan court sentences woman living with HIV to 14 months in prison for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 8 June 2017

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

Belarus: Woman living with HIV in court for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 22 May 2017

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

India: Woman takes her husband to court to seek compensation for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 12 May 2017

India Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Tennessee woman who attempted suicide charged with aggravated assault for spitting on first responder

Latest update 7 May 2017

Tennessee USA Spitting Women

Czech Republic: 24 year-old woman living with HIV sentenced to 5 years in prison for alleged HIV-exposure

Latest update 7 April 2017

Czechia Alleged sexual exposure Women Youth

Senegal: 2 years suspended sentence for woman sex worker despite undetectable viral load

Latest update 27 March 2017

Senegal Alleged sexual transmission Sex workers Women

Belarus: Baranovichi woman accused of alleged HIV transmission sentenced to two years in colony pending appeal

Latest update 17 February 2017

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Woman living with HIV in Iowa charged with "possibly" transmitting HIV to another woman during a fight

Latest update 10 February 2017

Iowa USA Alleged sexual exposure Biting Women

Russia: 28-year old woman sentenced to three years in prison in the Republic of Komi for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 4 February 2017

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Woman living with HIV arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure in Florida

Latest update 26 January 2017

Florida USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

Federal Republic of Somalia: Woman living with HIV arrested for alleged HIV transmission to police officer

Latest update 19 January 2017

Somalia Alleged sexual transmission Migrants Women

Malawi: High Court of Malawi quashes conviction and sentence of woman convicted for breastfeeding and orders her immediate release

Latest update 17 January 2017

Malawi Breastfeeding

Russia: Woman, 28, to be prosecuted for alleged HIV transmission following non-disclosure to ex male partner

Latest update 13 December 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Ohio woman living with HIV arrested on sex-work related charges

Latest update 20 November 2016

Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers Women

Zimbabwe: Woman living with HIV arrested for alleged HIV-non disclosure

Latest update 12 November 2016

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual exposure Women

Kenya: Woman living with HIV ordered by court to pay compensation to ex-partner for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 4 November 2016

Kenya Alleged sexual exposure Women

[Update] Scotland: Dundee woman sentenced to 16 months in jail for “culpably and recklessly” pricking a youngster with needle

Latest update 3 November 2016

Scotland United Kingdom Needle/syringe Women

Canada: Ontario woman living with HIV given suspended sentence with 18 months probation for spitting

Latest update 29 October 2016

Ontario Canada Spitting Women

US: Tennessee woman charged with alleged HIV exposure and aggravated assault

Latest update 22 October 2016

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Florida woman living with HIV sentenced to a year in prison for soliciting

Latest update 30 September 2016

Florida USA Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

Northern Ireland: HIV positive woman sentenced to 5 months in custody for biting police officer

Latest update 1 September 2016

Northern Ireland United Kingdom Biting Women

Russia: 28-year-old woman from Chelyabinsk region found guilty in alleged HIV transmission and sentenced to suspended 1-year and 6-month sentence with same probation period

Latest update 12 August 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Russia: woman from Bryansk receives suspended 3-year sentence plus 3-year probation for alleged HIV transmission to her partner

Latest update 19 July 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Russia: Former prisoner from Perm region, who potentially exposed a woman to HIV without disclosure, facing up to a year in prison

Latest update 16 June 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Zambia: Woman sues for divorce and asks court for compensation for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 9 May 2016

Zambia Alleged sexual transmission Women Civil cases (non criminal)

US: Florida – 48-year old homeless woman faces charge of aggravated assault for spitting at police officer

Latest update 5 May 2016

Florida USA Spitting

Ukraine: Mykolayiv woman found not-guilty of HIV exposure by the appellation court

Latest update 29 April 2016

Ukraine Alleged sexual exposure Women

Belarus: young woman from Berestovitsa fined for HIV exposure as no HIV transmission cases found

Latest update 26 April 2016

Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Virginia Court sentences 49 year old HIV positive woman to six months in prison for biting her sister during fight

Latest update 14 April 2016

Virginia USA Biting Women

[Update]UAE: Abu Dhabi court sentences young woman, 19, to three years in prison for potential HIV exposure

Latest update 4 April 2016

United Arab Emirates Alleged sexual exposure Migrants Women Youth

Zimbabwe: Woman, 34, accused of transmitting HIV to husband; pleads not guilty, testifying he was already HIV-positive but untested when they married

Latest update 26 March 2016

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Illinois woman makes HIV ‘exposure’ complaint immediately after learning HIV status of partner following condom failure during one night stand

Latest update 26 February 2016

Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: young woman who allegedly transmitted HIV to three men sentenced to four years in prison

Latest update 14 January 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Kazakhstan: Police brings HIV-Positive pregnant woman to AIDS Centre for treatment

Latest update 11 January 2016

Kazakhstan Medical/dental Women

Sweden: Woman given suspended sentence for alleged HIV-non disclosure, no transmission occurred

Latest update 8 December 2015

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

Zimbabwe: Woman convicted of deliberate HIV transmission for breastfeeding acquitted on appeal

Latest update 11 November 2015

Zimbabwe Breastfeeding Women

[Update]US: Ohio judge sentences young woman to seven years under felonious assault charges following guilty plea to HIV non-disclosure; sentence is not only longer than prosecution recommended, judge ignored scientific evidence

Latest update 21 August 2015

Ohio USA Risk Judges Prosecutors Alleged sexual exposure Women

UK: Midlands woman charged with intentional and/or reckless HIV transmission to three men

Latest update 30 June 2015

England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Oklahoma man arrested for ‘attempting to transfer HIV’ following allegations he spat at a woman

Latest update 23 June 2015

Oklahoma USA Spitting

Ohio: Man indicted on one count of felonious assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure to woman he met on Craigslist

Latest update 18 June 2015

Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Missouri woman with HIV arrested and charged for offering to perform (oral?) sex during massage to undercover cop, faces 5 – 15 years in prison

Latest update 8 June 2015

Missouri USA Sex workers Women

US: Florida man with HIV and hepatitis B charged with non-disclosure prior to sex with ‘Craigslist’ woman

Latest update 6 April 2015

Florida USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Sweden: Woman receives conditional sentence and must pay damages for alleged HIV transmission to her ex-husband

Latest update 11 December 2014

Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Women

Belarus: Byaroza woman will pay a fine for alleged HIV exposure of two men based on her information consent of criminal liability attached to her medical history

Latest update 3 November 2014

Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Women

Sweden: Woman charged for alleged HIV-exposure given conditional sentence and a fine

Latest update 11 June 2014

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

POZ Exclusives : Woman Sues City of Dearborn for HIV Discrimination by Police – by Todd Heywood

Latest update 28 January 2014

Michigan USA Articles Human rights Police Civil cases (non criminal)

US: Ohio woman, 20, sentenced to four years in prison for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 23 November 2013

Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Women Youth

[Update]US: Georgia’s HIV-specific criminal law to face constitutional challenge following woman’s non-disclosure conviction

Latest update 21 October 2013

Georgia USA Defence lawyers Alleged sexual exposure Women

Botswana: Woman from Zimbabwe faces ‘deliberate HIV transmission’ charge for breastfeeding neighbour’s baby

Latest update 16 October 2013

Botswana Breastfeeding Women

Russia: woman gets 1 year 3 months in prison for HIV non-disclosure and exposure in Perm region

Latest update 30 August 2013

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Tennessee woman with HIV charged with ‘aggravated prostitution’ for offering sex to undercover cops

Latest update 24 June 2013

Tennessee USA Sex workers Women

Ukraine: Luhansk woman amnestied as earlier she had two-year sentence for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 10 June 2013

Ukraine Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Idaho man arrested during traffic stop for alleged HIV non-disclosure prior to sex with woman in 2012

Latest update 9 February 2013

Idaho USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Ohio woman charged with same crime – felonious assault – for both HIV non-disclosure and knife stabbing

Latest update 2 January 2013

Ohio USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

Sweden: Court of Appeal reduces 1.5 year sentence to 8 months for a Falun woman previously convicted of attempted aggravated assault for unprotected sex

Latest update 13 December 2012

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

Ukraine: In Dnipropetrovsk region, woman released with a two-year probation sentence for HIV exposure

Latest update 28 November 2012

Ukraine Alleged sexual exposure Women

Zimbabwe: Woman, 22, accuses former partner, 38, of ‘alleged deliberate infection’

Latest update 6 September 2012

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

Ukraine: Donetsk woman found guilty of ‘HIV exposure’ to two men, receives a 2-year suspended sentence

Latest update 25 June 2012

Ukraine Alleged sexual exposure Women

Belarus: young woman from Brest charged with 3 years in jail and a fine for HIV transmission

Latest update 5 March 2012

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

Austria: HIV denialist woman sentenced in Graz to 14 months in prison for transmitting HIV to her baby

Latest update 5 March 2012

Austria Breastfeeding Vertical transmission Migrants Women

Ukraine: Appeal court still finds woman criminally liable for husband and child’s HIV-related deaths, but reduces her sentence to probation instead of four years in prison

Latest update 3 January 2012

Ukraine Alleged sexual transmission Women

Moldova: incarcerated HIV+ woman who bit a prison officer sentenced to another 4 years 8 months in jail

Latest update 23 May 2011

Moldova Alleged sexual exposure Biting Women

[Update]Canada: (with documents) Montreal woman prosecuted in revenge, sentenced to a year in the community, acquitted on appeal

Latest update 28 April 2011

Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

Russia: woman charged with 4,5 years in jail for HIV transmission in Bashkiria based on hospital’s information

Latest update 7 September 2010

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Michigan woman gets 11 months for non-disclosure

Latest update 20 August 2010

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

Austria: 42-year-old woman sentenced in Salzburg to 8 months suspended for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 19 March 2010

Austria Alleged sexual exposure Women

Russia: in Maloyaroslavletz woman convicted of HIV transmission to two men, found guilty and sentenced to 1 year 7 month in prison

Latest update 21 January 2010

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Belarus: 35-year-old woman is prosecuted for HIV transmission in Hrodno region

Latest update 30 November 2009

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Update]US: Pennsylvania woman gets 21 months to 10 years for spitting

Latest update 27 October 2009

Pennsylvania USA Spitting

Russia: Moscow police prosecutes HIV+ woman for HIV transmission to her boyfriend as she knew about her HIV-status before the relationships

Latest update 4 October 2009

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

US: Tennessee man accused of infecting woman during ‘drug holiday’, confesses to police

Latest update 13 February 2009

A 47 year-old man from Portland, Tennesseee became the 15th person to be prosecuted under Tennessee’s criminal HIV exposure laws this week after he was charged with three counts of criminal exposure to HIV. The details of this case, as…

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Michigan woman sentenced to time served and 5 years probation for HIV exposure charges in Kalamazoo

Latest update 8 December 2008

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Women