Johnson Aziga is the first man in Canada who is being charged with murder because he infected people with the HIV-virus.
Johnson Aziga (52) is HIV-positive. He is accused of being responsible for the death of two sexual partners he had had. Both women died of AIDS-related complications, one in December 2003 and the other in May 2004.
People who are infected with the HIV-virus have the duty to tell sexual partners of their infection.
The former research analyst is also accused of sexual assault against women. Aziga had unprotected sex with 9 women without saying that he was HIV-positive. 5 of them are HIV-positive now.
Aziga can be condemned to life sentence for the murder of 2 women. For the sexual assault there is a maximum sentence of 14 years.
Aziga is in prison since his arrest in 2003. The trial started on Monday, the 20th of October and will last about 6 weeks.
Since 2000, there has been a huge increase of criminal charges for HIV-transmission.
I can understand that when you are HIV-positive your life is a bit destroyed. But wilfully infecting people with this terrible virus is indeed a crime. Aids is like a living time bomb. You condemn people to death. Telling sexual partners you are infected and using a condom are the minimal duties you have to do when you are HIV-positive. I hope there will be found a medicine soon that can exterminate this horrible virus.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/10/20/aziga-trial.html?ref=rss
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In the world, HIV is a taboo and if you have the virus, you are stigmatized for life. I can also understand that if you have the virus, it is really hard to live a normal life. If it was me I would be scared to tell anyone because people are going to act totally different to you. But it is also a right to inform the people you have sexual contact with. It's mean to diliberately not tell anyone that they have a chance of dying in the course of a couple of years. It's correctly that he is convicted of murder because he indirectly killed a person. He deserves his punishment.
Having sex with women, knowing that you are HIV-positive, is in my view also a crime. I understand that it’s difficult to tell someone that you are HIV- positive especially in intimate relationships. To be honest, I don’t really know how I should react if someone would tell me that he is HIV-positive. There are a lot of people who still look down on ‘those people’. People just love putting people in ‘boxes’. The story behind ‘those people’ must have to be look at different. You not always know what happened. Although there are good medicines which increase the life span, it’s no excuse to have sex with women without telling them about the disease and not using a condom. Had the man no feeling of quilt??
Otherwise, when you have sex with a stranger, you know that you have to use a condom to protect you against pregnancy, aids and sexually transmissible diseases. I know that in the thick of the fighting you not always think to use a condom but again it’s no excuse. By telling that, I don’t want to give the impression that those women are responsible. The man simply had the duty to tell it, but you are always with two.
I agree with Ben when he said that aids is like a living time bomb. Giving aids to someone is therefore a serious crime. A punishment is necessary!
Just like Ben, I hope that one day a cure will be found…(By Hanne Snoeck)
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