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European human rights court condemns Greece for naming HIV-positive sex workers in 2012 (apnews.com)

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The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for violating the privacy rights of a group of women arrested and publicly identified in 2012 as HIV-positive prostitutes who allegedly endangered public health.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did so rightfully. The public interest was way grater than the privacy rights here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Agreed. Prostitution is legal, yet they were operating illegally, and subjecting clients to a deadly, transmissible disease.

These women essentially provided public services. If any other type of provider of services was endangering the public, there would be no quarrel with naming the guilty parties, so that people who used those services could assess the risk.

Just because the service was sex, doesn't mean the public should all the sudden be kept in the dark as to whom might be affected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly