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| Subject: Rights violation: Activist Ye Haiyan who offered free sex to the poor barred by China from visiting OZschwitz Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:24 am | |
| Chinese authorities have barred one of the country’s most prominent women’s rights activists from attending an international AIDS conference in Australia, prompting outcry from human rights and health advocates.
Ye Haiyan, 39, had planned to depart for the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne on Wednesday, but said she was told she had been placed under a travel ban, meaning she could not board her scheduled flight.
Ms Ye, who lives in Wuhan, is best-known for campaigning for the rights of sex workers including calling for the legalisation of the profession in China, where prostitution is prevalent but illegal.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/activist-ye-haiyan-who-offered-free-sex-to-the-poor-barred-by-china-from-visiting-australia-20140717-ztu14.html |
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