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During the era of slavery in the Ottoman Empire, prostitution was connected to slavery.The Islamic Law formally prohibited prostitution. However, since the principle of concubinage in Islam in Islamic Law allowed a man to have intercourse with his female slave, prostitution was practiced by a pimp selling his female slave on the slave market to a client, who was allowed to have intercourse ...
The Government of Turkey demonstrated strong anti-trafficking law enforcement and prosecutorial efforts during the reporting period. Article 80 of the Penal Code prohibits trafficking for both sexual exploitation and forced labor, and prescribes penalties of 10 to 15 years imprisonment, which are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with prescribed penalties for other grave crimes, such as ...
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The convention [4] requires state parties to punish any person who "procures, entices, or leads away, for purposes of prostitution, another person, even with the consent of that person", "exploits the prostitution of another person, even with the consent of that person" (Article 1), or runs a brothel or rents accommodations for prostitution purposes (Article 2).
ANKARA (Reuters) -A dispute between two top Turkish courts over the case of jailed parliamentary deputy Can Atalay triggered concerns about the rule of law on Thursday, with the MP's lawyer ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender ...
More Sex & Tech News. Idaho's "abortion trafficking" law can mostly take effect. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has reversed a lower court decisions that blocked enforcement of the law.
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