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US: No postings yet for HIV-positive Marines, sailors since policy change

More than nine months have passed since the Navy decided to open up overseas and large-ship platform assignments to HIV-positive sailors and Marines, but not a single sailor has gotten such a posting.

Published
23 May 2013
From
Stars and Stripes
Discrimination and the law
HIV-Positive Patient Wins Suit Over Doc’s “Unreasonable Fear”

A California appeals panel has reversed a lower court verdict denying the claims of an HIV-positive woman whose surgery was canceled at the last minute by an anesthesiologist who was worried he might contract the disease.

Published
30 April 2013
From
Lawyers.com
HIV and criminal law
Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules that criminal HIV exposure or transmission is no longer necessarily a serious assault

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has ruled that HIV infection may no longer be automatically considered a serious assault, due to improved outcomes in life-expectancy on antiretroviral therapy.

Published
05 April 2013
From
HIV Justice Network
HIV and criminal law
Kansas: Protection from quarantine for HIV, AIDS patients is discriminatory, state senator says

A bill that a leading gay rights advocate says will lead to the harassment of people with AIDS appears headed toward approval. House Bill 2183 would repeal a 25-year-old law that prohibits state and local health officials from quarantining people with AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Published
04 April 2013
From
Lawrence Journal-World
Discrimination and the law
UK: Disability hate crime is 'overlooked and under-reported'

Police are "too sensitive" about asking victims of crime if they are disabled, an inspection has found. "There's a lack of willingness by police officers and police staff in control rooms to ask the right of questions to establish whether it's a crime, whether its anti-social behaviour and what effect disability is having on that person in terms of the effect on the crime."

Published
21 March 2013
From
BBC
Social and legal issues
Commonwealth Charter: What is the Queen signing today?

The Alliance welcomes the signing of the new Commonwealth Charter, as it underpins the commitment of the Commonwealth to human rights, gender equality and democracy. However, the Charter does not address criminalisation of those at higher risk of HIV, and the Commonwealth must honour its previous commitment to repealing all discriminatory legislation which hampers the HIV response.

Published
12 March 2013
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Experiences of stigma
HIV positive jobseeker 'humiliated' by Kent job centre staff

An HIV positive jobseeker said job centre staff made him declare his condition within earshot of others, and told him he had to see a disability adviser.

Published
20 February 2013
From
BBC News
Experiences of stigma
HIV man loses restaurant loan 'for own protection'

Bavarian police are investigating a case in which an HIV positive man who wanted to open a restaurant was refused a bank loan “for his own protection” before receiving death threats from neighbours, it was reported on Friday.

Published
15 February 2013
From
The Local.de
Discrimination and the law
Justice Department Settles Three HIV Discrimination Cases

As part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached three settlements addressing HIV discrimination by medical providers over the past three weeks. Each of the settlements was reached under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities—including persons with HIV disease—in public accommodations, employment, transportation, State and local government services, and telecommunications.

Published
15 February 2013
From
AIDS.gov blog
HIV and criminal law
President’s AIDS council calls on feds and states to repeal HIV criminalization laws

The US Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS (PACHA) has called for the federal government to put pressure on states to remedy discriminatory prosecutions for HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosure. George Ayala of the Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) comments: "PACHA has the U.S. President’s attention as well as that of key legislators and senior public health officials who could make a difference in repealing irrational laws and statutes in favor of evidence-based public health responses to AIDS."

Published
12 February 2013
From
The Raw Story
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