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  • Icelandic Woman Sues Man Over Non-Disclosure Of HIV

    Icelandic Woman Sues Man Over Non-Disclosure Of HIV

    An Icelandic woman has brought a lawsuit against a man claiming he neglected to inform her of his HIV-positive status before engaging in intercourse. The pair had a sexual relationship for three years, prior to which the male contracted HIV and was…

  • Case Dropped Against Man With HIV

    Case Dropped Against Man With HIV

    The district prosecutor has decided to drop the case against an HIV+ man accused of knowingly infecting a number of women with the virus, due to a lack of evidence for the allegations. The accused has maintained his innocence throughout, and only…

  • Never Underestimate The Obvious

    Never Underestimate The Obvious

    To answer a question posed in this column little over a month ago: yes, it seems that we did detain a man for carrying HIV. Racist histrionics The man referred to, late July, in headlines such as “Suspected Of Infecting Women With…

  • Did We Just Detain A Man For Carrying HIV? —Debates On Monday #24

    Did We Just Detain A Man For Carrying HIV? —Debates On Monday #24

    “Man under arrest, suspected of infecting women with HIV” ran Vísir’s first headline on this story, early Thursday. “Suspected of infecting women with HIV” headlined RÚV a little later. “A foreign male is suspected …” their item began. Vísir’s second headline, published…