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US: REPEAL ACT to modernise HIV criminalisation laws reintroduced with bipartisan support

Yesterday, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Democrat) was joined by Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican) to introduce a new version of the ‘Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act’ (the ‘REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act’, or the ‘REPEAL Act’) first introduced by Congresswoman Lee in September 2011.

Published
09 May 2013
From
HIV Justice Network
Experiences of stigma
South Africa: 'He said sex with a virgin could cure HIV'

A Soweto man allegedly raped his two-year-old daughter, believing it would cure him of HIV. This chilling evidence is part of a police investigation into the rape of the child on February 3.

Published
26 April 2013
From
Independent Online
HIV and criminal law
South Africa: No law on deliberate HIV infection

A Soweto man has been unable to lay criminal charges against his former girlfriend for allegedly trying to infect him with HIV, it was reported.

Published
22 April 2013
From
Times Live
HIV and criminal law
Acrobat jailed 9.5 years for HIV infection

Godfrey Zaburoni, 34, was sentenced to nine and a half years' jail at Southport District Court on Thursday after being found guilty of deliberately giving the woman the virus during their nearly two-year relationship in 2007 and 2008.

Published
18 April 2013
From
Yahoo!7 News
HIV and criminal law
HIV is not a crime! Accountability demanded for scientists who provide ‘expert’ testimony supporting HIV criminalization

At the Canadian Association of HIV/AIDS Researchers conference in Vancouver AIDS ACTION NOW! led people living with HIV, researchers, and doctors to stand in solidarity and call for members of the Canadian HIV research community to stop acting as paid expert witnesses on the side of Crown prosecutors in HIV non-disclosure trials.

Published
16 April 2013
From
AIDS Action Now
HIV and criminal law
Promise by Kansas Officials Addresses HIV Quarantine Fears

A promise from health officials in Kansas has helped state legislators get by a dispute over a bill that advocates feared could lead to people with HIV/AIDS being quarantined, The Kansas City Star reports.

Published
16 April 2013
From
Poz magazine news
HIV and criminal law
Acrobat didn't know sex spread HIV: court

A circus acrobat accused of intentionally giving his girlfriend HIV says he thought condoms only prevented pregnancy and he didn't know the virus could spread through sex, a Gold Coast court has heard.

Published
16 April 2013
From
news.com.au
HIV and criminal law
Maryland Begins HIV Decriminalization Process

A state legislator is attempting to craft a bill.

Published
15 April 2013
From
Poz magazine news
HIV and criminal law
HIV-AIDS non-disclosure should be a crime, study of gay and bisexual men finds -

Two-thirds of men who have sex with men believe that people with HIV-AIDS should face criminal charges if they fail to disclose their status to a sexual partner. Only 17 per cent said failing to disclose should never be criminalized.

Published
11 April 2013
From
Globe and Mail
Human rights
Botswana’s draconian Public Health Bill approved by Parliament, BONELA will challenge it as unconstitutional once President signs into law

Very disappointing news from Botswana. The Public Health Bill – including all of its draconian provisions on HIV – has been approved by Parliament.

Published
08 April 2013
From
HIV Justice Network
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