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Mapping Police Violence
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Reported Physical Violence by Police

• 41.7 (86/206) of sex workers reported having
  experienced physical violence by police in the
  past year.
  
• Results by country were as follows

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41.7 (86/206) of sex workers reported having
experienced physical violence by police.
Results by country were as follows
Macedonia 100 (17/17) Ukraine 85 (17/20) Bu
lgaria 70 (7/10) Kyrgyzstan 64.3 (9/14) Se
rbia 62.5 (5/8) Russia-Siberia 55 (11/20)
Latvia 42.9 (9/21) Russia-Northwestern Distri
ct 30 (6/20) Lithuania 15 (3/20) Slovakia
5 (1/20) Czech Republic 4 (1/23) Poland 0
(0/13)
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Reported Sexual Violence by Police

• In the past year, 36.5 (77/211) of sex workers
  reported having experienced sexualviolence from
  police.
  

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In the past year, 36.5 (77/211) of sex workers
reported having experienced sexual violence from
police.

• Results by country are as follows
• Kyrgyzstan 89.5 (17/19)
• Macedonia 82.4 (14/17)
• Serbia 75 (6/8)
• Russia-Siberia 55 (11/20)
• Ukraine 45 (9/20)
• Russia-Northwestern District 30 (6/20)
• Slovakia 30 (6/20)
• Latvia 23.8 (5/21)
• Bulgaria 20 (2/10)
• Poland 7.7 (1/13)
• Lithuania 0 (0/20)
• Czech Republic 0 (0/23)

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Male and Trans Women Sex Workers

• 5 trans sex workers higher levels of sexual and
  physical violence from police than their peers
  
• 9 male sex workers higher levels of physical
  violence and lower levels of sexual violence from
  police than their peers

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Police Raids and Violence
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• They beat a fine for prostitution of 1500 Rubles
  out of me. (Russia, Siberia)
  
• If you dont pay the money, the police gang-rape
  you. (Russia, Siberia)
  
• If I dont pay the money, they threaten to beat
  me up, take my documents away, and force me to
  have sex. (Ukraine)
  

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• The police beat you up, demand money and will
  detain you until you pay. (Kyrgyzstan)
  
• If I do not pay, then they bring a criminal
  case against me and they shut me in KPZ (jail).
  (Lithuania)
  

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How Police Violence Fuels General Violence
Against Sex Workers
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• The most frequent reasons cited across all
  countries for not reporting violence to the
  police were fears of
  
• police mistreatment
• being in worse danger (from police or
  perpetrator)
  
• arrest
• being outed to police

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• The number of sex workers who said they felt they
  could report violence to the police is
  exceedingly low
  

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The number of sex workers who said they felt they
could report violence to the police is
exceedingly low at 25.9 (56/216)
Results by country are as follows
Serbia 0 (0/8) Lithuania 0 (0/20) Macedoni
a 0 (0/17) Ukraine 15 (3/20) Latvia 19 (4/2
1) Russia-Siberia 20 (4/20) Slovakia 35 (7/2
0) Kyrgyzstan 35.7 (5/14) Bulgaria 40 (4/20)
Czech Republic 43.5 (10/23) Russia-NWD 55 (
11/20) Poland 61.5 (8/13)
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Recommendations

• Decriminalize sex work
• Support law and policy reform to advance sex
  workers human rights and involve sex workers in
  a meaningful way in the process.
  
• Cease police raids.
• Fund organizations by-and-for sex workers that
  promote sex workers rights and health.
  
• Decrease police violence by fostering
  partnerships between sex workers and various
  ministries, including the police.
  
• Support mainstream human rights groups and other
  NGOs to collaborate with sex worker groups and
  projects to document and confront violence by
  state and non-state actors.

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