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Children’s Ombudsman urges ministry to protect Russian HIV-infected minors

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has asked Minister of Labor and Social Policy Anton Kotyakov to undertake measures aimed to prevent violation of the right to social assistance of HIV-infected minors not registered as disabled persons.

12:55 25.03.2020

Criminal prosecution of priest whose child died of AIDS terminated

A criminal case against priest Georgy Sychev and his wife charged with the AIDS-caused death of their daughter due to maltreatment had been dropped because of the expiry of the period of limitations, Igor Sidorenko, an assistant of the priest, told RAPSI on Monday.

16:52 30.09.2019

HIV-positive Russian woman restores right to custody of nephew through court

A HIV-positive woman residing in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area has restored a right to custody of her nephew through legal action.

16:33 13.06.2019

HIV, Hepatitis C positives allowed to adopt children in specific situations – Russian law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill permitting individuals infected with HIV or Hepatitis C to adopt children in certain circumstances into law.

13:12 30.05.2019

Russia’s State Duma passes bill on child adoption by HIV and Hepatitis C positives

The lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill allowing individuals infected with HIV or Hepatitis C to adopt children in certain circumstances in a final third reading on Tuesday, a statement published on the State Duma website reads.

16:05 21.05.2019

Russia’s State Duma passes bill on child adoption by HIV positives in first reading

The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, passed a bill allowing individuals infected with HIV or Hepatitis C to adopt children in certain circumstances in the first reading on Tuesday.

12:46 02.04.2019

Russian court allows HIV positive woman to adopt child

A court in the Moscow Region has permitted a HIV positive woman to adopt a child.

11:56 13.02.2019

Russian government approves bill on children adoption by HIV positive individuals

Russian government has approved a bill allowing individuals infected with HIV or Hepatitis C to adopt children in certain circumstances.

12:59 06.12.2018

Russian Human Rights Council proposes criminal penalty for HIV denialism

Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights has recommended the government to consider imposition of criminal punishment for propaganda of HIV denialism.

11:59 07.08.2018

Bill on compulsory treatment for HIV-positive persons submitted to State Duma

Lawmakers from Altai, the south-east of West Siberia, have submitted a bill to the State Duma obliging HIV-positive individuals to undergo compulsory treatment.

16:15 27.12.2016

Ukrainian national to be paid €15,000 by Russia over rights violation – ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Tuesday that the rights of a Donetsk resident were violated as she was separated from her family in Russia because of testing HIV-positive and held that she should be paid a €15,000 in compensation.

16:16 08.11.2016

HIV positive convict seeks $9,300 for lack of medicine in jail

The Kalininsky District Court in St. Petersburg will consider a lawsuit filed by an HIV positive prisoner demanding 600,000 rubles ($9,300) from the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) hospital for non-provision of medicine.

15:13 14.09.2016

St. Petersburg court denies release for two women dying of cancer in prison

The Smolninsky District Court in St. Petersburg has refused to release two seriously ill women convicted of drug dealing.

18:01 17.03.2016

Russia violated rights of HIV-positive foreigners, ECHR says

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Russia violated rights of a group of HIV-positive foreigners by deporting them.

16:45 15.03.2016