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Skip to content. Twitter Facebook. Source: The Body. Related case: [Update]US: Nushawn Williams loses his latest appeal to be released from civil confinement. News curated from other sources.

Brazil: Instead of criminalising people living with HIV, strengthening health services would promote prevention and care Living with HIV is not a crime. People living with the AIDS virus should have peace of mind like everyone else.

Mexico: "Danger of contagion", an offence under article of the Penal Code of Mexico Federal District, declared unconstitutional Judge grants protection to person accused of HIV infection.

November 5, September 14 is Sex Worker Pride! In , four days before his scheduled release, Andrew Cuomo, the New York attorney general at the time, filed a motion to place Nushawn under indefinite civil confinement under a statute aimed at predatory sex offenders. Nushawn has been locked up for more than 20 years, 10 years more than his original maximum sentence, with no release date in sight.

Years ago, laws targeting people with HIV were thought to protect the public. Today, we know there are no data to support that and that those laws deter people from getting tested and further stigmatize people living with HIV. It was an aha moment for me. I could use the strength that Nushawn once gave me to help him. I reached out to Dee and we formed a coalition of advocates working from several angles to help free Nushawn. We believe that Black Lives Matter and that mass incarceration is real and unjust.

I was raised that you fight for your family. The HIV community is my family, and Nushawn is my brother. Black lives are being taken every day. Join the Free Nushawn Coalition. For information on how to get involved, visit FreeNushawn. Bryan C. Jones is a founding member of the Ohio Health Modernization Movement.

He was also a POZ honoree. Click here to read our August cover article about Nushawn Williams. You have been inactive for 60 minutes and will be logged out in. Any updates not saved will be lost. Home Basics. Copy Link. Share 5 Comments Print.