An SC-appointed panel has recommended various guidelines including one that says, "Whenever there is a raid on any brothel, since voluntary sex work is not illegal and only running the brothel is unlawful, sex workers concerned should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised."
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Centre in Supreme Court has raised certain reservations in respect of the recommendations made by the panel that sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised as voluntary sex work is "not illegal" and only running the brothel is unlawful. India News | Every Individual Including Sex Worker Has Right to Dignified Life, SC Observes.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Groups representing sex workers on Thursday praised the apex court direction to treat the community with dignity and not to abuse them, verbally or physically, saying it has upheld the fundamental rights of sex workers to be treated as equal citizens. India News | Sex Workers Hail SC Direction to Treat Community with Dignity.
From New York City to Turkey, activists and workers seized this International Workers' Day as a moment to push for greater worker protections and changes to immigration policies.