US EditionAdvocates against HIV criminalization decry Carney silence on reform Trudeau promised
Canadian HIV criminalization laws remain unreformed due to Conservative filibustering and inconsistent provincial enforcement, impacting stigma and legal risks for over 220 accused since 1989.
- Advocates, including Muluba Habanyama, criticize the lack of action on HIV criminalization reform, which the Liberals promised since 2016, as they said, "We're coming up on a decade."
- The Department of Justice acknowledged that criminalization leads to stigmatization, making people hesitant to get tested or seek treatment.
- Despite guidelines to reduce prosecutions, individuals are still facing charges for non-disclosure of HIV status, as noted by Capretti.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has not indicated plans to advance legislation, causing frustration among advocates.
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They can be prosecuted if they do not reveal their HIV status to their sexual partner, and they ask the Liberals to keep their promise.
The grunt rises in the communities affected by HIV, almost a decade after the Liberals promised laws on the disclosure of HIV, warn activists of the fight against the disease.
"It's been ten years since we've been fighting [...] We're starting to get exhausted," says the President of the CVRC.
Winnipeg Free Press
Advocates against HIV criminalization decry Carney silence on reform Trudeau promised
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OTTAWA—The grunt is rising in HIV-affected communities, almost a decade after the Liberals promised HIV-positive disclosure laws, warning anti-disease activists. "It's been ten years since we've been fighting," said Muluba Habanyama, President of the Canadian Coalition to Reform the Criminalization of HIV. "We're starting to get exhausted." Canadians with HIV can be prosecuted in court if they don't reveal their HIV-positiveness to their sex par…
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