Word: nadja
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...Adding to the sense of drama, police arrested the glamorous singer just before she hit the stage at a nightclub in Frankfurt, where she was due to give a solo concert. "Nadja Benaissa had unprotected sex with three men in 2004 and 2006, and although she knew that she herself was HIV positive, she didn't tell them," Ger Neuber, a prosecutor in the city of Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, tells TIME. "Her former lover filed charges against her last year. He is HIV positive and suspects that she is responsible. We arrested her and she's been remanded in custody...
...such a celebrity." If found guilty, the singer faces a sentence of up to ten years in prison. Many of her fans say they were shocked to hear the news and according to reports in the German media, they say they're standing by their girl. "Stay strong Nadja," one fan wrote on a website...
...Band manager, Khalid Schroeder says Benaissa's arrest is the result of "a witch-hunt against Nadja. She is being prejudged. The investigation is still continuing and there are no hard facts yet. This is unfair. We want her to be released as soon as possible...
...April 15, Benaissa's legal team successfully filed an injunction in the Berlin State against the Springer publishing group, owners of newspapers Bild and Welt, banning publication of the inquiry and circumstances of the detention of Nadja Benaissa. Many German media outlets continue to report the case however and Springer is appealing the decision...
...AIDS groups have criticised the authorities' handling of the arrest and have warned against a rush to criminalise the transmission of HIV. "Based on the information that we have about the detention of Nadja Benaissa, we think she should be released," says Carolin Vierneisel, a spokeswoman for the AIDS organisation Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. "When it comes to consensual sex, whether protected or unprotected, we talk about shared responsibility," she says. "The criminalisation of HIV transmission, as shown in this case, doesn't support HIV prevention efforts. On the contrary, it fosters the stigmatisation of HIV positive people...