Human rights slam govt stand on sex workers

Bonela boss Uyapo Ndadi
Bonela boss Uyapo Ndadi

Following reports that the Botswana government is planning to target, arrest and possibly deport sex workers, human rights organisations have come out to strongly condemn this move.

The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, in a statement, strongly denounced this campaign and called for an end of the campaign in a statement.

The Botswana government's "Draft Strategies to Address Key Populations" has been reported by local and international media to include a recommendation to detain sex workers and deport "foreign sex workers".

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