Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on May 18 that Tajik authorities say a 52-year-old woman has been arrested in the northern Bobojon-Ghafourov district on allegations that she intentionally infected nine men with HIV by having sex with them.
If convicted of knowingly infecting others with HIV, the woman, whose identity was not disclosed, may face up to 10 years in prison.
This is not the first such case in Tajikistan. The latest similar case was reported in March, when a 46-year-old woman with HIV was arrested on suspicion of infecting eleven men in the northern city of Konibodom.
