27 August 2010
Nadja Benaissa, accused of transmitting HIV to her former lover has been found guilty and given a two-year suspended sentence in Germany. The 28 year old pop star has been found guilty on one count of causing grievous bodily harm and two of attempted bodily harm. During the trial the singer had admitted to having [...]
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24 August 2010
THE PAST week has been intense. I was very anxious about the media response to Nadja Benaissa’s case. Overall it has been good. Journalists seemed to be much nicer to Nadja then they had to Sarah Porter who had been called by the Daily Mail ‘Pure Evil’ and The Sun ‘AIDS Avenger.’ This time The [...]
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20 August 2010
ONE IN THREE HIV-positive gay men could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to a resent study published by AIDS Patient Care and STDs. The study found that that a third of the HIV-positive gay men surveyed qualified for a PTSD diagnosis and that 65 per cent met the criteria for having experienced [...]
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18 August 2010
GERMAN pop star Nadja Benaissa went on trial in Darmstadt this week facing charges of grievous bodily harm and attempted bodily harm after she admitted to having unprotected sex with sevaral parners without revealing her HIV status. She told the open court: “I am so sorry.” Benaissa who shot to fame after winning Germany’s version [...]
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17 August 2010
Nadja Benaissa, a singer from German girl band ‘No Angels’ has admitted to having unprotected sex with several partners without warning them she was HIV-positive,’ reported the BBC today. Journalism needs to be matter of fact. I suppose this sentence is fair reporting. It’s the BBC after all. A video shows Nadja entering the courtroom, [...]
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16 August 2010
GMFA’s annual Gay Sports Day fundraiser is set to kick up a scrum this year with support from Rugby star and heart-throb Ben Cohen. To get you all in the mood for some team spirited fun the he has sent you all a pre games pep talk. “I am happy to support this year’s GMFA/RVT [...]
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22 July 2010
TWO STUDIES unveiled at the International AIDS conference in Vienna reveal a harsh reality for an aging HIV population and the dangers of late diagnosis. In a report published online in the journal AIDS* – Health Protection Agency (HPA) scientists found that UK diagnosis of HIV have more than doubled in the over 50s [...]
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19 July 2010
THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. POSITIVE PULSE has teamed up with the Shaw Theatre to offer five lucky Pulse readers the chance to WIN a pair of tickets to one of the must see shows of 2010: Elegies for Angels, Punk Rockers and Raging Queens. Staring Jonathan Hellyer and Miquel Brown the play tells the [...]
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19 July 2010
TODAY is the last day of the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna and for the first time the plenary session was dedicated to HIV in Prison. Dmytro Shermebey, one of the leaders of the All Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV opened the session. He spoke of his personal experience of spending nine years [...]
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18 July 2010
THE ASSOCIATION of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have announced new guidance for Police Officers investigating allegations of criminal transmission of HIV. The guidance provides officers with basic facts about HIV and sets out advice on how to deal with complaints about reckless or intentional transmission of HIV in a fair and sensitive manner. The National [...]
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Added on 29 May 2010
NADJA BENAISSA FOUND GUILTY
THE MEDIA, HIV and NADJA by Silvia Petretti
1 in 3 HIV GAY MEN SUFFER FROM PTSD
GERMAN POP STAR IN HIV TRIAL
SOLIDARITY WITH NADJA BENAISSA
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