HIV positive man who knowingly spread the virus claims his human rights were violated

Charles Mzite seems quite spry

An HIV positive man who knowingly spread the virus to four women has complained his human rights have been violated because the jail where he is held has made errors in his medication.

Charles Mzite, of Vancouver, had sex with four women and failed to tell them he had HIV. In some cases he lied and told them he didn’t have the virus.

He was convicted of aggravated sexual assaulted by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in March 2009, eight years after he moved to Canada from Zimbabwe. At least one of the women is now HIV positive.

HIV-positive Toronto man jailed for having unprotected sex

By Sam Pazzano ,Toronto Sun

TORONTO - An HIV-positive Toronto man who endangered his mistress’ life through unprotected sex was sentenced to two years less a day in prison.

“Gregory Thomas repeatedly engaged in unprotected intercourse with the victim after he learned that he was infected … and he failed to do so notwithstanding that he was himself undergoing treatment for the infection,” Justice Ian MacDonnell said Tuesday.

Thomas started a five-year relationship in 2002 with the victim, who developed full-blown AIDS, and they had a daughter — now 8 — together.

The 51-year-old bicycle mechanic was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual assault between March 7, 2006 and June 9, 2007.

In March 2006, Thomas tested positive for HIV as part of his physical examination for immigration.

Three years ago, the 46-year-old HIV-positive man was accepted as a refugee from Zimbabwe, a country with almost no HIV treatment and where life expectancy is only 48. Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, PNG, Vancouver Sun

Refugee builds new life in Canada
HIV-positive man became disillusioned by life as a police officer in Zimbabwe
By Tara Carman, Vancouver Sun December 13, 2011

HIV-positive patient Holy Moyo relaxes during an appointment at St. Paul’s Hospital. ‘As you can see, I’m doing very well, thank you,’ said Moyo, who is taking anti-retroviral drugs in Vancouver after suffering with very limited health care services in Zimbabwe.
Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, PNG, Vancouver Sun

Holy Moyo would most certainly have been dead a long time ago had Canada not offered him a place to call home.

Three years ago, the 46-year-old HIV-positive man was accepted as a refugee from Zimbabwe, a country with almost no HIV treatment and where life expectancy is only 48.