Lawyers

• Canadian Advocacy Groups: People Who Choose Not to Reveal HIV Status to Partners Are Not Criminals

  In Canada, people with HIV are required by the law to disclose their health condition to their partners before engaging in any sexual activity; however, advocacy groups are fighting to change the rules.

• Pathogens Released During Deforestation Could Be Deadly To Man, Animals

  Deforestation causes disease outbreak and harm the ecological cycle of our environment Trees are the lifeline of our planet. They absorb the primary pollutant that slowly defiles our natural environment.

• Charlie Sheen's Defense Lawyer Urges Court Judge to Reject Ex-Girlfriend's TRO Extension Request

  Charlie Sheen's defense attorney encouraged a judge to decline a request by the actor's ex-girlfriend to extend a temporary restraining order, calling the filing a publicity stunt intended to keep an unrelated civil case in the news.

• Pennsylvania Legalized Medical Marijuana After The Bill Was Signed Into Law on Sunday

  The U.S. state of Pennsylvania has legalized the use of medical marijuana, as stated in a bill signed by Governor Wolf on Sunday. The bill regulates the whole process of medical marijuana uses, from certifying growers to identifying patients that would get access to the medical marijuana.

• Court of Appeals sides with Botswana’s gay rights’ group

  Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 High Court decision to allow LGBT individuals to register LEGABIBO. The court dismissed the governments appeal to ban the LGBT group.

• Victims of contaminated blood scandal face major cut to compensation from government

  Vicitms and families of people with haemophilia who were accidentally infected with hepatitis c virus or HIV in the blood tainted scandal worry that the England's health reforms would cut off their compensations.

• South Africa Mayor defends Virginity scholarship from criticisms

  South Africa Mayor Mazibuko defends her decision to award a Maiden Bursary Award to 16 young women from the Kwazulu- Natal province who remains a virgin amidst all the issues the country has on HIV.

• Charlie Sheen Back On Proper Medication After Trying To Be An Alternative Treatment "Guinea Pig"

  Charlie Sheen has reportedly gone back to taking proper meds to fight off HIV after he went trying to be a "guinea pig" for an alternative treatment.

• US Congress lifts funding ban for needle exchange programs

  The Congress has quitely lifted the funding ban on needle exchange programs in late December. The programs allow people to obtain clean needles for little to no cost.

• Thai junta hits royal critics with record jail time

  Just minutes after being locked up for 30 years for insulting Thailand’s monarchy, Pongsak Sriboonpeng described what he thought was the cause of his capture: a poorly chosen Facebook friend.

• Gambia condemns EU pressure on anti-gay law, says to break ties

  Gambia's foreign minister said the West African country would sever all dialogue with the European Union and rejected what he said were attempts by the bloc to use its aid budget to force Gambia to revoke a tough new law against homosexuality.

• Botswana gay rights group wins legal recognition

  A Botswana judge overturned a government ban on a gay rights lobbying group on Friday, a rare victory for African gay rights campaigners on a continent where homosexuality remains highly contentious.

• Rights body mulls forced sterilization of HIV-positive woman

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will consider its first case of forced sterilization of a person living with HIV in Latin America, a rights group has said.

• India's Modi must resist U.S. pressure on drug patents: MSF

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi must not give in to U.S. pressure to change intellectual property laws which allow India to produce generic medicines poor people can afford, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said.

• HIV-positive Cleveland priest pleads guilty to soliciting sex in park

  An HIV-positive Cleveland priest on Friday pleaded guilty to attempting to solicit sex from a ranger in a city park, according to court and police records.