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 open a criminal case under the article “Infection of another person with HIV by a person who knew about the presence of the disease”, despite all the evidence they had of the crime. An unlawful and unreasonable resolution to refuse to initiate criminal proceedings was issued.

The inter-district prosecutor’s office reversed that decision. The result of additional verification was the initiation of a criminal case. The perpetrator faces up to five years imprisonment, reported the press service of the Krasnodar Territory Prosecutor’s Office.

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