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Why people living with HIV should not be criminalised for donating blood

2 September 2022

Preventing the transmission of blood-borne infection by imposing limitations on the donation of blood is an important and legitimate public health objective. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, certain groups – including, but not limited to, gay men and…

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Year in review: Celebrating successes, highlighting the many challenges ahead

18 December 2020

This past year has shown us what happens when one pandemic – HIV – is overshadowed by another pandemic, COVID-19. Despite the many lessons learned from our collective advocacy against HIV criminalisation that we and our HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE partners…

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US: Young gay man in Washington State faces more HIV exposure charges

15 July 2009

The 22 year-old gay man from Spokane, Washington arrested in June for not disclosing his HIV status before having unprotected, casual sex with a married man has been charged for a second time following a complaint from his former live-in…

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US: Young, recently diagnosed gay man in Washington State arrested for HIV exposure

2 June 2009

A 22 year-old gay man from Spokane, Washington, who was diagnosed HIV-positive in August 2008 has been arrested and charged under Washington’s HIV exposure and transmission law following a complaint from a bisexual married man whom he met on the…

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News by the HIV Justice Network

Why people living with HIV should not be criminalised for donating blood

Year in review: Celebrating successes, highlighting the many challenges ahead

US: Young gay man in Washington State faces more HIV exposure charges

US: Young, recently diagnosed gay man in Washington State arrested for HIV exposure

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Uzbekistan: Successful advocacy is reshaping HIV legislation and profession bans

US: Lawmakers host community interim study on HIV criminalisation in Oklahoma

US: Advocates seek to modernise HIV laws and HIV prevention education

US: New report shows that most of Indiana’s HIV criminal laws have yet to account for decades of advances in HIV science

US: First hearing imminent on two bills aiming to overhaul HIV criminalisation laws in line with modern science

Kenya: Kenyan court dismisses HIV transmission case against domestic worker

Mexico: Congresswoman presents HIV decriminalisation bill in Tlaxcala Congress

Ukraine: Bill to remove HIV specific article from criminal code to be considered by parliament

US: Advocating for HIV decriminalisation and health equity at Indiana's first HIV advocacy summit

India: Mizoram Legislative Forum on HIV/AIDS discusses possibility of mandatory HIV testing for all citizens