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Douglas Fox, the man who runs the largest prostitution ring in the north-east of England (and also runs the so-called “sex workers union,” IUSW) was responsible for first bringing about the motion to support the decriminalization of pimps and johns to Amnesty International (watch at 5:12:00). (see also pimps-posing-as-sex-worker-activists-my-body-the-city-the-secret-life-of-a-callgirl/ )
Iss enshrines a theology of rape and the systemic sexual slavery of women.
Men’s Rights Activists consider Amnesty International’s pro-pimp policy a win.
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Does decriminalizing pimping further women’s rights?
It is as though we are expected to believe the fallacy that the interests of a pimp, or the interests of a sex buyer, are automatically the same as the interests of a woman in prostitution. It is also a bitter irony that Amnesty International has chosen the ‘right to bodily integrity’ as a defining feature of their policy. Feminists, women’s rights campaigners and survivor groups have spent years furthering the understanding that systems of prostitution are fundamentally about violating women’s rights to bodily integrity. Prostitution has been prominently theorised as a rights violation in terms of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.
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Feminists respond to Amnesty International’s statement on the full decriminalization of prostitution
August 12, 2015
Amnesty International have just voted to protect rights of pimps & johns worldwide. They better be ready for a 30 year fight, because I am.
Sarah M MahWomen, children, people of colour ignored by @amnesty as they call for decriminalization of pimps and johns #cdnpoli http://bit.ly/1UBa7GR
Our statement about Amnesty International’s vote today http://www.niaendingviolence.org.uk/perch/resources/press-statement-amnesty.doc
VancouverRapeReliefVancouver Rape Relief urges @amnesty to retract the resolution on “sex work” https://shar.es/1te7Dt #ICM2015 #NoAmnesty4Pimps #abolition
LDNAbusedWomenCentreWe stand with our global sisters in ending all forms of men’s violence against women including prostitution. #ldnont
equalitynow‘Equality Now deeply concerned by @AmnestyOnline‘s call for full decriminalization of sex trade’: http://www.equalitynow.org/equality_now_deeply_concerned_by_amnesty_international_s_call_for_full_decriminalization_of_sex_trad … #ListenToSurvivors
womensviewsonnewsA betrayal of women’s human rights: Amnesty condemned by charity specialising in supporting trafficked women and… http://fb.me/1PVKZbg5v
SPACE InternationalSweden’s Institute for Feminism & Human Rights deplores @AmnestyOnline proposal: http://bit.ly/1Pj7eHK
Right all you human rights defenders that care about abused and exploited women over and beyond pimps and sex buyers. Let’s never give up
Heather Mallick@LImpostureFilm @RachelRMoran Prostitution is the last frontier for women’s rights.@Amnesty just let women down for years to come.
Caitlin Roper Sorry @Amnesty, decriminalising sex work will not protect human rights http://theconversation.com/sorry-amnesty-decriminalising-sex-work-will-not-protect-human-rights-46096 … via @ConversationUK
Kat BanyardEndorsing decrim of pimping & brothel keeping (aka commercial sexual exploitation) = historic failure by 2015 leadership of @amnesty.
What’s safer for women @amnesty? Holland where decrim resulted in 127 prostituted women murdered in 16 years or Sweden with 0 women murdered
Pimps and johns can celebrate their human right to buy and abuse women has just been given Amnesty’s stamp of approval. #NoAmnesty4Pimps
Elísabet RonaldsI have lost trust in #AmnestyInternational I will find another human rights organization that also supports the human rights of women
continues with many more here .. Feminists respond
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