How the UK authorities deal with trafficked women speaks volumes about the values at the heart of our democracy.
Anastasia Powell re-opens the debate about prostitution, and asks how we can improve the situation for the safety of the women involved
In less than 20 years, the number of registered sex workers in Madagascar’s main port city of Toamasina has climbed from 17,000 in 1993 to 29,000 in 2012 due to rising poverty and the city’s proximity to the recently opened Ambatovy nickel mine.
Recently it was reported that British police threatened to taser a Bahraini prince for his drunken antics on a British Airways flight to Bahrain. Although headline-grabbing, the drunken antics of a prince pale in significance compared to alarming accusations leveled against Prince Nasser, the King of Bahrain’s son. He is accused by a number of opposition figures of actively carrying out torture during last year’s demonstrations. He is not, however, the first prince in Bahrain to be accused of abhorrent behavior, and it is interesting to delve into the history books to compare Nasser’s behavior with that of a ‘prince’ who lived 100 years ago. I am in fact, talking about the infamous Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa