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Sex Trafficking Experts Claim Amnesty International Has Betrayed Native Women

Advocates for indigenous women are outraged by what they call Amnesty International’s betrayal of those caught in the murky world of sex trafficking. During its recent decision-making forum in Dublin, Amnesty International voted to create a policy decriminalizing all aspects of consensual sex work, and call on states to ensure that sex workers enjoy full and equal legal protection from exploitation, trafficking and violence.

“I am deeply disappointed in Amnesty International’s new proposal,” says Lisa Brunner, program director with the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. Brunner is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota.

Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/08/31/sex-trafficking-experts-claim-amnesty-international-has-betrayed-native-women-161565

 

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