HIV criminalisation cases

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

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Russia: Omsk man who allegedly transmitted HIV to his future bride will serve two years in colony

Latest update 6 October 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Arkansas Police issues wanted notice for man accused of alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 6 October 2016

Arkansas USA Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: Two criminal cases in Grodno region appear to be relying on phylogenetic analysis to ‘prove’ direction of transmission

Latest update 30 September 2016

Belarus Expert witnesses Scientific tests Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Women

Russia: Omsk man pleads guilty to infecting fiancee with HIV, faces five years in prison

Latest update 28 September 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Iceland: Case dropped against HIV-positive migrant accused of HIV transmission due to lack of evidence

Latest update 16 September 2016

Iceland Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Russia: in Krasnodar Territory, a man pleaded guilty of allegedly transmitting HIV to his partner; case sent to court with an indictment of five years in prison

Latest update 2 September 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Arkansas HIV non-disclosure prosecution case study forms basis of critical analysis of HIV criminalisation laws

Latest update 23 August 2016

Arkansas USA Articles Media/Public Opinion Personal testimonies Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida man charged with alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 22 August 2016

Florida USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Toronto man arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure faces charges of aggravated sexual assault

Latest update 12 August 2016

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man arrested on felony charge for alleged non-disclosure

Latest update 30 July 2016

Florida USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update] US: Iowa man faces felony charges for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 8 July 2016

Iowa USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Court upholds sexual assault conviction of Calgary man for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 July 2016

Alberta Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Oklahoma City man sentenced to 5 years in prison for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 27 June 2016

Oklahoma USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Belarus: Buda-Koshelevo man sentenced to 7 years in colony for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 23 June 2016

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Constitutional court dismisses appeal from two people convicted of "knowingly infecting" their partner. They now face up to 20 years imprisonment.

Latest update 20 June 2016

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Women

Russia: Penza man investigated for potential HIV transmission

Latest update 20 June 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Morocco: Fez Court of Appeal acquits HIV positive man charged with intentional HIV transmission after taking into account his viral load and treatment

Latest update 14 June 2016

Morocco Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Bulawayo man pleads not-guilty to charges of "deliberate HIV transmission"

Latest update 5 June 2016

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Montreal police arrests and charges HIV positive man with aggravated sexual assault for alleged HIV transmission and non-disclosure

Latest update 31 May 2016

Quebec Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Kemerovo District Court finds prisoner guilty of criminal HIV transmission to wife whom he married in the penal colony; sentences him to a further two years

Latest update 22 May 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Uzbekistan: 36-year-old man deported from Russia to stand trial for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 5 May 2016

Uzbekistan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: Brest regional court sentences taxi driver to 5 years imprisonment for alleged HIV transmission and grievous bodily harm

Latest update 5 May 2016

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Switzerland: HIV positive man charged with “simple bodily harm by negligence” for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 5 May 2016

Switzerland Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

[Update] US: Illinois Court drops charges against man accused of alleged HIV-transmission, taking antiretroviral treatment into account

Latest update 21 April 2016

Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

France: 37 years old man to appear in Court for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 April 2016

France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Man, 45, gets 10 years following a guilty plea that he did not disclose his HIV status to his common law wife

Latest update 1 March 2016

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

US: Michigan man accused of HIV non-disclosure during consensual sex with three different women improperly linked in news report with another local HIV case involving sexual assault; highlights confusion over use of same law to prosecute consensual and non-consensual acts

Latest update 24 February 2016

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Kazakhstan: Kazybekbi District Court sentences man accused of alleged HIV transmission to four years probation

Latest update 9 February 2016

Kazakhstan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: In Novorossiysk, man accused in allegedly infecting with HIV his ex-spouse and a girlfriend; he can be sentenced to up to five years in prison

Latest update 4 February 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[update]Gambia: 52-year-old German national convicted of negligent act likely to spread infection of a disease dangerous to life, sentenced to pay a fine of D250, 000 or risk a year’s imprisonment

Latest update 28 January 2016

Gambia Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Belarus: man from Hrodno is prosecuted for alleged HIV transmission to four women

Latest update 28 January 2016

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: Baranovichy police detained a man who could possibly transmit HIV to several women, he can have from 2 to 7 years in prison

Latest update 20 January 2016

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Gambia: Briton sentenced to pay a fine after pleading guilty to two-count charge of negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life

Latest update 18 January 2016

Gambia Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: In Novosibirsk, man found guilty in allegedly infecting his wife with HIV and sentenced to one year in prison

Latest update 17 January 2016

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Belarus: drug user who allegedly infected his girlfriend with HIV gets three years in prison

Latest update 15 January 2016

Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Young Pennsylvania man born with HIV sentenced 33 to 66 months-prison term for allegedly not disclosing before sex with three women

Latest update 28 December 2015

Pennsylvania USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men Youth

US: Man accused of alleged HIV non-disclosure is charged with sexual penetration by a person infected with AIDS or HIV

Latest update 16 December 2015

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Virginia man found guilty of misdemeanor infected sexual battery for alleged HIV non disclosure

Latest update 15 December 2015

Virginia USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: In Volgograd, 34-old man brought to court for an alleged transmission of HIV

Latest update 12 December 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Man jailed for five yeats at Bristol Crown Court for reckless transmission of HIV

Latest update 11 December 2015

England United Kingdom Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Argentina: Man in court for the 2nd ever case of alleged intentional HIV transmission in the country

Latest update 30 October 2015

Argentina Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Tennessee man previously convicted for HIV non-disclosure pleads guilty to allegedly infecting his ex-wife without disclosing his HIV status, receives four years probation

Latest update 8 October 2015

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man receives 31 months after pleading guilty to allegedly infecting his ex-girlfriend

Latest update 30 September 2015

Florida USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: St.Petersburg court considers the cases against 28 y.o. man for possible HIV transmission

Latest update 30 September 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Omsk man will serve 1,5-year sentence for allegedly infecting his girlfriend because of fear of HIV disclosure

Latest update 23 September 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]UK: CPS drops reckless HIV transmission prosecution due to lack of phylogenetic report

Latest update 15 September 2015

England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Tennessee man accused of ‘knowingly infecting his wife with HIV’

Latest update 10 September 2015

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Ukraine: Chernivtsi man sentenced to four years in prison with multiple charges, including robbing and HIV exposure for biting

Latest update 30 August 2015

Ukraine Biting Heterosexual men

US: Man previously convicted of ‘HIV exposure’ in South Carolina charged in Georgia with ‘reckless conduct’ for not disclosing his HIV-positive status

Latest update 26 August 2015

Georgia South Carolina USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: New Jersey man convicted of HIV non-disclosure appeals ‘open ended’ reimbursement of medical and psychological expenses for the two female complainants

Latest update 21 August 2015

New Jersey Canada USA Harm Heterosexual men Civil cases (non criminal)

[Update] Iceland: Nigerian ‘asylum seeker’ accused of infecting women with HIV released, but investigation continues

Latest update 20 August 2015

Iceland Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Russia: man from Anjero-Sudjensk of Kemerovo region prosecuted for possible HIV transmission; he can face up to 5 years imprisonment

Latest update 2 July 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Missouri man gets suspended sentence after pleading guilty to HIV non-disclosure and ‘reckless’ transmission

Latest update 23 June 2015

Missouri USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

UK: Zambian migrant, 28, pleads guilty to two counts of ‘reckless’ HIV transmission, sentenced to seven years

Latest update 15 June 2015

Wales United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

[Update]US: Michigan prosecutors drop alleged HIV non-disclosure case against previously convicted man

Latest update 14 June 2015

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Yaroslavl man can serve five years in jail as maximum for deliberately transmitting HIV

Latest update 8 June 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Montreal man, 61, accused of HIV non-disclosure by two women, one of whom is now HIV-positive

Latest update 22 May 2015

Quebec Canada Police Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Western Siberia man gets three years in prison for alleged HIV transmission to his girlfriend

Latest update 20 May 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Toronto police issue ‘public alert’ after man with HIV, tried in 2010 for alleged HIV non-disclosure and accused again in 2013, is arrested for breaching bail conditions

Latest update 10 May 2015

Ontario Canada Media/Public Opinion Police Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Prosecutors drop HIV non-disclosure charges against man, 48, following evidence that the female complainant was aware of his status

Latest update 5 May 2015

Florida USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man, 47, accused of HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 5 May 2015

Florida USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Michigan man, 24, to serve at least 32 months in prison following HIV non-disclosure conviction

Latest update 4 May 2015

Michigan USA Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

Two ongoing prosecutions in Michigan noted in this excellent piece highlighting the problems of overly broad HIV criminalisation

Latest update 14 April 2015

Michigan USA Articles Media/Public Opinion Public health Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to HIV non-disclosure; female complainant, now living with HIV, wants to change HIV law into a sex crime

Latest update 10 April 2015

Florida USA Punitive laws and policies Personal testimonies Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Russia: Bryansk court rules 3-year probation and a fine for a man who allegedly transmitted HIV

Latest update 26 March 2015

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Man, 28, pleads guilty to reckless endangerment for ‘exposing’ two women to HIV, despite undetectable viral load

Latest update 11 March 2015

Maryland USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: After dispute over whether ‘sexual intercourse’ includes sex between men, the meaning of another part of Florida’s HIV-specific law is challenged again. Is HIV non-disclosure to two women a single crime?

Latest update 4 March 2015

Florida USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Colombia: Man sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in Bogota for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 January 2015

Colombia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Ohio man who pled guilty to HIV non-disclosure sentenced to five years’ probation for felonious assault, angering the complainant

Latest update 18 December 2014

Ohio USA Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: in Volga area, man was sentenced to 2 years and 15 days for perceived HIV transmission

Latest update 17 December 2014

English version – Translation (For Russian version, please scroll down) In the Samara region, a man has been sentenced for the deliberate transmission of HIV. The Zhigulyovsk City Court found a local resident guilty. He was put on record as HIV infected…

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Zimbabwe: Sixth HIV prosecution since 2012 under vague and overly broad Section 79 of Criminal Law Act

Latest update 20 November 2014

Zimbabwe Judges Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: 4 years in prison for Tyumen man for possible HIV transmission to his pregnant girlfriend as she finds about her status at antenatal clinic

Latest update 22 October 2014

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: 1,5 years in prison and 2 million rubles compensation for alleged HIV transmission in Arkhangelsk

Latest update 14 October 2014

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: former drug user prosecuted for alleged HIV transmission in Nizhniy Novgorod as he encounters his girlfriend at AIDS center

Latest update 10 September 2014

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US Military court to re-examine HIV risks and harms in airman appeal

Latest update 12 August 2014

FED Military USA Risk Harm Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Ivanovo HIV+ man prosecuted for possible HIV transmission

Latest update 29 July 2014

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Kazakhstan: 7 years in prison for HIV-positive man from Temirtau for allegedly transmitting HIV to four women

Latest update 17 July 2014

Kazakhstan Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Sweden: Man sentenced to community service for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 3 July 2014

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Kemerovo man brought into court for threatening to infect an investigator with HIV

Latest update 6 May 2014

Russian Federation Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Balakovo court rules 2 years in prison for HIV non-disclosure and alleged transmission

Latest update 9 April 2014

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Colombia: Man sentenced to prison in Bogota for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 March 2014

Colombia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Young heterosexual man in Wales pleads not guilty to reckless HIV and hepatitis B transmission. Next hearing May 12

Latest update 17 February 2014

Wales United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: B.C. Supreme Court jury convicts Zimbabwean migrant of aggravated sexual assault for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 7 February 2014

British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Zimbabwe: Fifth HIV-related criminal prosecution in two years

Latest update 5 February 2014

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Georgia man charged with ‘felony reckless conduct’ for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 25 January 2014

Georgia USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Ukraine: Man from Kivorograd released with a suspended one-year sentenced with charges in alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 17 January 2014

Ukraine Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Georgia man accused of HIV non-disclosure claims complainant knew he was positive

Latest update 1 January 2014

Georgia USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Ukraine: Sevastopol man will serve 2 years in jail for an alleged HIV transmission following a suspended sentence for a previous conviction

Latest update 26 December 2013

Ukraine Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Sweden: Man living with HIV released after court of appeal takes treatment into account

Latest update 25 November 2013

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Kemerovo man will have two years’ conventional imprisonment for allegedly transmitting HIV to his wife

Latest update 20 November 2013

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Sydney court sentences Zimbabwean migrant, 44, to a minimum of three years in prison for HIV transmission without disclosure

Latest update 15 November 2013

New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Zimbabwe: Man, 43, on trial for ‘deliberate infection’, accused by former partner after relationship ends

Latest update 23 October 2013

Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: In Khanty-Mansi Region, man sentenced to 2.5 years of strict regime colony for perceived HIV transmission, non-disclosure

Latest update 9 October 2013

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Man from Saransk jailed for 4 years for allegedly infecting his wife and child with HIV

Latest update 1 October 2013

Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Judge directs jury in Leicester reckless HIV transmission trial to find Zimbabwe migrant, 32, not guilty of one of two charges due to lack of evidence, but he is found guilty on other charge, sentenced to 4 1/2 years

Latest update 12 September 2013

England United Kingdom Scientific tests Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

US: Georgia man, 21, pleads guilty to ‘four counts of felony reckless conduct by an HIV infected person’, get 20 years in prison and lifetime sex offender status

Latest update 9 September 2013

Georgia USA Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth