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Contributor [1]
Thursday, December 9, 2004 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
186 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Popular disc jockey Kaiboni could spend several years in prison for statutory rape and willful transmission of HIV. He is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old on several occasions, and consciously infecting her with the AIDS virus. Kaiboni denies the charges, claiming he was unaware of his HIV status at the time. For AIDS activists, the court proceedings focus attention on the effectiveness of a law that bans HIV-positive persons from knowingly engaging in sexual behaviour that might lead...read more [4]

Popular disc jockey Kaiboni could spend several years in prison for statutory rape and willful transmission of HIV. He is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old on several occasions, and consciously infecting her with the AIDS virus. Kaiboni denies the charges, claiming he was unaware of his HIV status at the time. For AIDS activists, the court proceedings focus attention on the effectiveness of a law that bans HIV-positive persons from knowingly engaging in sexual behaviour that might lead to their partners becoming infected.

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Food & Health [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/26062 [6]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [7]

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