‘Being HIV positive or taking preventative treatment for the disease will no longer be a barrier for serving in the armed forces, the Ministry of Defence has announced.’
The Independent, 1st December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man with HIV who was awaiting deportation to Jamaica is being denied life-saving treatment in an immigration detention centre, The Independent has learned. The 42-year-old man relies on daily medication to manage his condition, and says the dosages for his other ailments, schizophrenia and depression, have been reduced by staff at Colnbrook Immigration Centre.’
The Independent, 6th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ministers will remove questions on sexual activity in sub-Saharan Africa for blood donations to encourage more donors in England after a long campaign to widen the criteria.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘New powers to protect stalking victims are not being used by some UK police forces, a BBC investigation has found.’
BBC News, 15th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17, Lord Wilson calls the European Court on Rights out on its claim that in Paposhvili v Belgium [2017] Imm AR 867, it was doing no more than “clarifying” its judgment in N v United Kingdom (2008) 47 EHRR 39 as to the circumstances in which removal or deportation will breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Close readers of the judgment in Paposhvili will be well aware of the numerous points at which the court uses, it is hard to doubt, intentionally, the very same language as is used in N to come to different conclusions.’
No. 5 Chambers, 29th April 2020
Source: www.no5.com
‘This appeal related to the UK’s ability to deport a Zimbabwean citizen who, whilst being lawfully resident in the UK, had committed serious crimes. He sought to challenge the decision to deport him on the basis of ECHR, article 3. Being HIV positive, he argued that if deported he would be unable to access the medication he receives in the UK and which prevents his relapse into AIDS.’
UKSC Blog, 29th April 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘UK Home Office efforts to deport an HIV-positive Zimbabwean man because of his lengthy criminal record have been blocked after the supreme court ruled removing him would breach his human rights.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The guilt of infected blood donors and the anger of victims whose diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis C was withheld from them for years has emerged as evidence given in secret was read out to a public hearing in London.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Calls for immediate compensation for thousands of victims contaminated by infected NHS blood have been rejected by ministers at a meeting with campaigners and survivors – but more health support may be made available.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The infection of up to 30,000 people with contaminated blood has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. Thousands have died.’
BBC News, 14th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have raised fears of a cover-up after it emerged hundreds of “crucial” documents were removed by government officials and are now missing.’
The Independent, 11th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than 1,200 NHS staff have won compensation after being injured by needles potentially infected with HIV or hepatitis over the past six years.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who “deliberately” infected two women with the HIV told a court he got the virus when a man sexually abused him.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Campaigners say it is time to find out the truth about the contaminated blood scandal that left nearly 3,000 people dead, as a public inquiry begins.’
BBC News, 24th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Lancashire man has pleaded guilty to infecting two women with HIV.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who said he was “riddled” with HIV and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Theresa May has announced a statutory inquiry into how contaminated blood transfusions infected thousands of people with hepatitis C and HIV. Rosalind English talks to Jim Duffy about how it will differ from earlier investigations.’
Law Pod UK, 27th November 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘A man has been convicted of trying to infect 10 men with HIV in a “campaign” to infect as many as possible.’
BBC News, 15th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been jailed for spitting in a police officer’s mouth and telling him she was HIV positive.’
BBC News, 7th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of the contaminated blood scandal in the 1970s and 80s have won the right to launch a High Court action for damages.’
The Independent, 26th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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