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6 April, 2022
Russian Federation: Criminal case initiated against a person living with HIV for alleged HIV transmission
As a result of the inspection, the Tikhoretsk inter-district prosecutor’s office found a fact of concealment of a crime against life and health. According to the prosecutor’s office, the police refused to […]
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28 February, 2022
CEDAW committee recommends Uzbekistan to decriminalize HIV
Today, the CEDAW Committee released a preliminary version of the final recommendations for the 6th Periodic Report of Uzbekistan. The committee recommends the following (unofficial translation):  Stereotypes Referring to its general recommendation […]
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17 January, 2022
Russian Federation: Laws that restrict migrants with HIV and deny them medical care increases the burden on the health care system
Laws that restrict the stay of foreign citizens with HIV, as well as the denial of free medical care, may be one of the causes of the hidden epidemic, writes the EECA […]
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29 December, 2021
Uzbekistan: 27-year-old woman sentenced to 6.5 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission
A court in Uzbekistan sent a local resident to prison for 6.5 years for intentionally infecting more than 40 men with HIV during sexual intercourse. This was reported by RIA Novosti. In […]
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27 December, 2021
Russian Federation: Criminal case dropped against woman accused of alleged HIV transmission
“I did not manage to bring her to criminal responsibility,” writes a Voronezh resident.  A girl from Voronezh, who was diagnosed with HIV, infected another citizen with it secretly from him. The […]
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10 December, 2021
Russian Federation: 27-year-old man sentenced to 4.5 years for alleged HIV transmission
A resident of Krasnokamensk slept with his 17-year-old acquaintance and infected her with HIV. The city court sentenced him to 4.5 years in a strict regime penal colony, according to the court […]
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