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Criminal jabs: ‘Healer’ heads to prison for HIV inoculations

A Bern court has sentenced a self-styled “healer” to almost 13 years in jail for intentionally infecting 16 people with HIV using acupuncture needles. The man always denied the charges.

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2 hours ago
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Swiss Info
Money, benefits and housing
People doing well on HIV therapy "should be eligible" for life insurance cover

The long-term effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy means that many HIV-positive people should be eligible for affordable life insurance, European investigators write in the online edition of AIDS. Even

Published
8 hours ago
By
Michael Carter
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
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Cameroon: Human Rights Abuses in ‘Homosexuality’ Prosecutions

Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released today. They found that at least 28 people have been prosecuted for same-sex conduct in Cameroon since 2010. Most cases are marked by grave human rights violations, including torture, forced confessions, denial of access to legal counsel, and discriminatory treatment by law enforcement and judicial officials.

Published
21 March 2013
From
Human Rights Watch LGBT
Behaviour change interventions
Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints

A TV advertisement promoting condom use in Kenya has been withdrawn after an outcry by religious leaders, health official Peter Cherutich has said. Christian and Muslim clerics said the advert encouraged infidelity, rather than safe sex to curb HIV/Aids.

Published
21 March 2013
From
BBC
HIV and criminal law
Greece: Last five HIV+ women arrested in police sweep operation released

The HIV-positive women who were imprisoned and exposed publicly in Greece in an unprecedented HIV criminalization case are now all free.

Published
20 March 2013
From
Union Solidarity International
HIV and criminal law
Swiss police arrest "healer" accused of infecting 16 with HIV

Swiss police have arrested a self-styled healer after he stopped attending a trial where he stands accused of infecting 16 people with HIV using acupuncture needles.

Published
18 March 2013
From
Reuters
Women
U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Published
17 March 2013
From
Reuters
Telling people you have HIV
I'm Sorry My HIV Offends You

It's easy to be an ass on mobile dating apps because you can hide behind a cell phone. It's also easy to get your feelings hurt if you don't quickly come to terms with the fact that guys online can be vicious.

Published
17 March 2013
From
Huffington Post
Religion and faith
Pope Francis' View on Contraception Could Impact AIDS Work

Catholic organizations around the world are still digesting how the selection of Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, now Pope Francis , might impact their work, and that includes disease-prevention efforts.

Published
15 March 2013
From
ABC News
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