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HIV criminalisation cases

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

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

Latest update 4 May 2015
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

US: Indiana Health Department initiates and supports prosecution of an individual linked to eight new infections since 2003

Latest update 22 April 2015
Indiana United States Media/Public Opinion Public health Alleged sexual transmission

NZ: Name suppression supported by police and defence in one of two ongoing Auckland HIV ‘reckless’ transmission cases

Latest update 21 April 2015
New Zealand Discrimination Human rights Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual transmission Gay 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 United States Punitive laws and policies Personal testimonies Alleged sexual transmission 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

NZ: Second Auckland man charged with alleged ‘reckless’ HIV transmission within a month

Latest update 26 March 2015
New Zealand Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]New York’s Highest Court Says ‘No’ to the Felony Prosecution of a Person Living with HIV for Having Consensual Sex

Latest update 20 February 2015
New York United States Risk Appeal court decisions Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay 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

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…

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Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission 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

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

Belarus: In Rechitza, Gomel region, sex worker with HIV brought to court for a possible virus transmission to her clients; she can face up to three years in prison

Latest update 19 November 2014
Belarus Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Sex workers

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

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

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

Germany: Gay man with HIV kept in pre-trial custody since December accused of infecting two men

Latest update 28 January 2014
Germany Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Montana man, 53, pleads guilty to ‘negligent endangerment’ for allegedly infecting former male partner with HIV, gets one year in jail with nine months suspended

Latest update 28 January 2014
Montana United States Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Saudi Arabia: Syrian women beggars who had sex with two young Saudi men accused of being Assad’s agents after the men are diagnosed with HIV

Latest update 24 January 2014
Saudi Arabia Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual transmission Migrants Sex workers Women

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

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

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 United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

Australia: Gay man, 65, found guilty in New South Wales of ‘maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm’ following alleged transmission to former partner

Latest update 2 September 2013
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Zimbabwe migrant pleads guilty to ‘knowingly’ transmitting HIV to four women, receives 120 years in Texas prison

Latest update 29 August 2013
Texas United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

[Update]Germany: Gay Bavarian soldier loses appeal against 2 year, 3 month sentence for grievious bodily harm following alleged HIV transmission during one night stand; a second, unrelated, case involving HIV exposure results in 18 months probation

Latest update 26 July 2013
Germany Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Heterosexual men

Romania: One year suspended sentence for Briceni man accused of alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 23 July 2013
Romania Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Moldova: Briceni District Court sentenced a 26-year-old man for alleged transmission of HIV to one year in prison with a suspended sentence

Latest update 22 July 2013
Moldova Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Sweden: Gay man, 27, found guilty of lesser charge of ‘damaging another person’s health’ after one-night stand results in HIV transmission

Latest update 28 June 2013
Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]US: Minnesota Supreme Court hears Daniel Rick appeal

Latest update 2 May 2013
Minnesota United States Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Queensland man accused of ‘knowing’ HIV transmission has name released following hearing

Latest update 4 April 2013
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Taiwan: Moral panic continues as gay man is indicted for alleged ‘intentional’ HIV transmission to many others

Latest update 4 April 2013
Taiwan (ROC) Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Queensland police arrest man, issue press release, following alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 13 March 2013
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Man, 30, pleads guilty to ‘reckless’ HIV transmission, gets 2 1/2 years

Latest update 2 March 2013
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man charged with ‘criminal transmission of HIV and sexual intercourse without disclosure of HIV’ following complaints by two women

Latest update 4 January 2013
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Texas man gets 15 years after pleading guilty to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 January 2013
Texas United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Nizhny Novgorod police investigates a man for possibly infecting his girlfriend with HIV under special control of Prosecutor’s Office

Latest update 24 December 2012
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: [Update]Stigma alert: British tabloid’s sensationalised interview with former partner of man recently convicted of reckless HIV transmission

Latest update 5 December 2012
England United Kingdom Media/Public Opinion Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

UK: Scottish man receives compensation after acquiring HIV from his civil partner

Latest update 1 December 2012
Scotland United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Civil cases (non criminal)

[Update]Netherlands: Dutch deliberate injection retrial results in prison sentences three years lower than in 2010

Latest update 30 November 2012
Netherlands Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Ghana: Ghana man arrested during live radio interview for ‘spreading HIV’

Latest update 3 November 2012
Ghana Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Young gay Brisbane man, 20, charged with ‘intentional’ HIV transmission

Latest update 1 November 2012
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Youth

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

Latest update 6 September 2012
Zimbabwe Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Youth

US: Michigan man who turned himself in for ‘deliberately’ infecting others, sentenced to 1.5 to four years

Latest update 2 September 2012
Michigan United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Russia: Chelyabinsk court ruled three-year probation for a man who allegedly transmitted HIV to two women

Latest update 7 August 2012
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Russia: In Magnitogorsk of Chelyabinsk region, a man is convicted for HIV non-disclosure and alleged HIV transmission;

Latest update 10 February 2012
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Romania: Man sentenced to 14 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 3 February 2012
Romania Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Spain: Man sentenced to 9 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 8 September 2011
Spain Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Belgium: Man sentenced to 3 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission in Huy

Latest update 7 June 2011
Belgium Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission

France: Man sentenced to five years for alleged transmission during one-off unprotected sex encounter in 1999

Latest update 29 March 2011
France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Spain: Man living with HIV sentenced to 2 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 21 January 2011
Spain Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Portugal: Court of appeal confirms sentence of three and half years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 3 October 2010
Portugal Alleged sexual transmission

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

[Update]Germany: Nadja Benaissa given a two-year suspended sentence

Latest update 26 August 2010
Germany Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Women

Australia: Defendant in AU$750k Sydney gay civil case now faces criminal charges

Latest update 30 July 2010
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Civil cases (non criminal)

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

UK: Scotsman pleads guilty to UK’s first-ever charges for HIV exposure

Latest update 20 January 2010

   

Scotland United Kingdom Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

Latest update 30 November 2009
Belarus Alleged sexual transmission Women

New Zealand: African migrant sentenced to three-and-a-half years for HIV transmission

Latest update 29 November 2009
New Zealand Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

France: Man sentenced to five years for infecting current, former partners and baby

Latest update 16 November 2009
France Alleged sexual transmission Vertical transmission Heterosexual men Other

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

[Update]US: Colorado man gets 15 years in first-ever father-to-child transmission case

Latest update 22 July 2009
Colorado United States Alleged sexual transmission Vertical transmission Heterosexual men Other

[Update]Finland: Appeal court increases Hakkarainen sentence

Latest update 5 June 2009
Finland Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

New Zealand: ‘HIV predator’ may make legal history

Latest update 3 June 2009
New Zealand Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Heterosexual men

UK: Man previousy convicted of reckless HIV transmission jailed again

Latest update 11 May 2009
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Sydney husband gets 4 1/2 years after pleading guilty to infecting wife

Latest update 11 May 2009
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: More delays in Stuart McDonald trial

Latest update 15 April 2009
South Australia Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Bail for African migrant accused in Adelaide

Latest update 24 March 2009
South Australia Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Man pleads guilty to infecting wife, gets three years

Latest update 15 March 2009
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Canada: Ontario woman pleads guilty, gets four years in prison

Latest update 9 March 2009
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Sex workers Women

Canada: Yet another African migrant guilty, this time in BC

Latest update 3 March 2009
British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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…

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Tennessee United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]France: Woman receives five year suspended sentence for HIV transmission to ex-husband

Latest update 5 December 2008

On Wednesday, a 39 year-old HIV-positive woman from Orleans in north-central France was found guilty of the French crime of “administration de substance nuisible par conjoint ou concubin ayant entraîné une infirmité permanente” (administering a harmful substance to one’s spouse…

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France Alleged sexual transmission Women

Canada: Zambian migrant gets eights years, deportation, for HIV exposure in Winnipeg

Latest update 25 August 2008
Manitoba Canada Alleged sexual transmission 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

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

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

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

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

France: Marseille man facing three years for HIV transmission

Latest update 9 May 2008
France Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

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

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

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]Australia: Melbourne man not guilty of reckless HIV transmission

Latest update 20 March 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission 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