Accueil du site > Revue de presse > Sources d’information > Actualités > Criminal HIV Transmission
Criminal HIV Transmission
http://criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com/
-
Canada: First-ever sexual HIV transmission murder trial begins
The trial of Johnson Aziga will commence on Monday with jury selection. Around 250 Canadian citizens will be asked three HIV-specific screening questions: 1. Do you have any previous knowledge of this case (or other recent cases involving criminal HIV transmission) through the newspaper, radio, (...)
-
US: Iowa man arrested for unprotected sex without disclosure
A 34 year-old Iowa man has been arrested under Iowa's criminal HIV exposure laws for allegedly have unprotected sex with another man without disclosing his HIV-positive status. There was obviously no evidence of HIV transmission before the complaint, since the alleged 'crime' took place on June (...)
-
UK: Developing guidance for HIV prosecutions: an example of harm reduction?
I'm including an excerpt here - the conclusion, actually - of an excellent article by Yusef Azad of the National AIDS Trust, in the July issue of the HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review, published by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, which describes the way the HIV sector managed to successfully (...)
-
Canada: Aziga's lawyers' human rights arguments dismissed
Following up from this July 26th entry – Canada: Aziga's treatment in prison is 'cruel and unusual' argue lawyers – Judge Thomas Lofchik has dismissed the case brought by Johnson Aziga's lawyers, David Bagambiire and Selwyn Pieters, that Mr Aziga's treatment in prison, while awaiting his (...)
-
Criminal HIV transmission and exposure laws spreading around the world ‘like a virus’
Edwin J. Bernard, aidsmap.com, Thursday, August 07, 2008 Concern over the growing international trend towards the criminalisation of HIV transmission or exposure was documented in a Wednesday morning session at the XVII International AIDS Conference that highlighted “criminalisation creep” in (...)
-
Mexico conference shines spotlight on criminal HIV transmission
South African Supreme Court Justice Edwin Cameron's impassioned call for “a campaign against criminalisation” has been heard far and wide since he gave his plenary presentation on the final day of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City last month. I have collected the various (...)
-
Canada: Zambian migrant gets eights years, deportation, for HIV exposure in Winnipeg
The second African migrant to be tried in Winnipeg within days of Clato Mabior has been sentenced to eight years in prison for two counts of HIV exposure. He was given double credit for the 34 months he has already served in pre-sentence custody, reducing his remaining sentence to 28 months (...)
-
Tennessee: Memphis pool worker charged with rape, HIV exposure; media furore
A media furore has exploded in Memphis, Tennessee, after a city swimming pool employee was charged with raping a 17-year-old girl and exposing her to HIV. The media reports were based on a Memphis Police Department press release (below). The case is particularly problematic because of the (...)
-
Finland: Young man sentenced to ten years for HIV transmission, exposure
A 25 year-old Finnish man, who has been HIV-positive since 16, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for five counts of aggravated assault (criminal HIV transmission), 14 counts of attempted aggravated assault (criminal HIV exposure), and one count of rape. He will also have to pay the 21 (...)
-
US: Michigan man accused of HIV exposure, underage sex, tattooing without disclosure
A 32 year-old Michigan man has been arrested under the State's HIV exposure laws, following a complaint from two women. Widespread publicity - including local media publishing his name and photo - and a police 'fishing expedition' has unearthed two further complainants, both of whom also under (...)