Criminalize Hate Not HIV

Launched at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, July 2010, 'Criminalize Hate Not HIV' is part of a growing campaign to raise awareness about issues relating to the criminalization of HIV transmission.

The film shows the humanness of sex, of relationships and of HIV. The people in the film are from many walks of life, are not professional actors, and many are living with HIV. It builds on IPPF's Declaration of Sexual Rights and purposefully focuses on sex - irrespective of how, where, with whom and why people have sex. The film hints at not only the laws criminalizing HIV transmission and exposure but also laws criminalizing behaviours associated with HIV transmission (drug injection, sex work, and sex between men).

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providing prevention, treatment and care services for people living with HIV, building on the crucial policy and programmatic linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV. A key part of its work is to address the sexual and reproductive health and rights of people living with HIV. Recognizing that stigma and discrimination are barriers to providing the necessary services for people living with HIV, IPPF spearheaded the development of the People Living with HIV Stigma Index as an important advocacy tool.

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[cosmicpeace101]

@jakeharvey It has nothing to do with that! It has to do with general public prejudice that make it so difficult for people living with HIV/Aids to disclose. Because of Hate, there`s fear, & therefore HIV/Aids remains a hiden subject. It`s hate that kills, it`s prejudice & ignorance that kills. Without this, the spread of HIV/Aids could be manage, & not something that is underground.

[cosmicpeace101]

@Canbuhay Well, it`s prejudiced opinions like this one that make it so difficult for people living with HIV/Aids to disclose, & for anybody to take the step to have an HIV test...Ignorance, discrimination & hate make this illness so difficult to manage, & contribute to the spread of HIV/Aids. And the catholic church & other extreme religions/points of view are dangerous & guilty of spreading ignorance...

[Canbuhay]

Well I guess one way to kill the stigma is to ensure everyone having sex gets HIV/AIDS. How can you value sex so much that you would be willing to kill other people to meet your urges? How selfish do you have to be?

[jakeharvey]

Would liberals criminalize the carrying of improperly holstered or poorly maintained firearms that occasionally go off and kill innocent bystanders? I bet they would. Would concealed carry supporters respond with "Criminalize Hate, not Guns?" I bet they wouldn't.

[bakagaijin1488]

Liberals strike again! How long will you people sit back and say "it's not a crime" when prevention of it is as simple as wearing a condom? Furthermore, how long will you sit back while black and Indian immigrants keep raping people and infecting them with AIDS on purpose?

The solution is so simple. Make AIDS tests mandatory and castrate anybody who has it. Simple as that.

[danuskabk]

They forgot to add Simon Mol to this video - a journalist from Cameroon, who infected with HIV, apparently on purpose, around 40 women in Poland. Seems like he professed some African form of traditional religion and believed that he would remain healthy as long as he passed on the sickness to others. The virus that he carried was very deadly, some of the women got sick with AIDS very soon, even within a year. Simon was arrested but he refused to take treatment in jail and died soon after.

[pajondio]

The laws you mention DO NOT criminalize "behaviours associated with HIV transmission (drug injection, sex work, and sex between men)", they criminalize the act of having sex of people being infected with HIVand not telling the sexual partner, it´s like putting a gun against somebody's head.

[BrattieRemix]

Thanks for killing the stigma and mis-education of HIV/Aids.

So well put in such a simple way....

[1decroy]

Fabulous....really moving images....well done everyone xx

[hivquestions]

there is now information about AIDS that we didn't have before - hivquestions