by Chi Mgbako, The Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at Fordham Law School

December 15, 2011 - 5:05 pm

Sex workers deserve the basic respect and protection from violence that each nation owes its citizens. But in many settings, police abuse of sex workers receives scant public attention despite its entrenched global reality.

by Anna-Louise Crago and Aliya Rakhmetova and Acacia Shields

December 16, 2010 - 5:23 pm

The state consistently fails to punish police who commit violence against sex workers.

by Melissa Ditmore, Independent consultant

July 22, 2010 - 6:00 am

A Human Rights Watch report documents police abuse of Cambodian sex workers, including rape, beatings, and deprivation of medical care. US policy is making the situation worse.