Submitted on Wednesday 18th September 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 25th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
To debate the right of the media to disclose the HIV status of an individual.
Former rugby player Gareth Thomas has said a journalist spoke to his parents about his HIV status before they had discussed it.
He said he would "absolutely not" have made his diagnosis public if a tabloid had not made threats to publish it.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Complaints about the press are the responsibility of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), not the Government or Parliament.
You can find out how to make a complaint to IPSO here:
www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/makeacomplaint.html
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