Aug 01 2008
Ukraine students in prostitute protest against sex industry
STUNNING students launched a blunt protest against Ukraine’s booming brothel business - by dressing as prostitutes and telling sex tourists to get lost.
The demonstration, in capital Kiev, is tied to fears held amongst many Ukrainians that the growing sex tourism industry is tarnishing their country.
“Lots of foreigners come here for sex, and to put it bluntly sex tours are now being sold. We don’t want our country to become a big brothel. It’s a shame and it’s shameful,” said one girl.
Prostitution is illegal but nevertheless widespread, with around 12,000 prostitutes in the former Soviet republic. Many head overseas to ply their trade - some of them becoming sex slavery victims.
And increasing numbers of US and European visitors are heading to Kiev for the same reason they once favoured Bangkok - to hunt out sordid pleasures.
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