Polish
politicians battle over sexual relationships
Nasty words
about too much sex and lack of it are making headlines
in Poland as Polish politicians battle for public
support as they attempt to restructure the Government.
1-8-2007
One in four Czech girls targets of sexual abuse-experts
One in four
Czech girls and one in seven boys experienced either
sexual abuse or attempted abuse during their childhood,
chairwoman of the Child Crisis Centre Zora Duskova said
at a seminar on the children's rights last week.
1-8-2007
Czech Republic: Possession of child pornography to be criminal offence
Possession of child
pornography will probably be a new criminal offence
punishable with up to two years in prison in the Czech
Republic, according to an amendment to the penal law
that the Chamber of Deputies passed recently.
2-7-2007
Child prostitution decreasing in Bulgaria
"In 2005, 521 cases of underage girls who
prostitute were registered, while the number in 2006 was
308," the Ministry of the Interior's Rumen Petkov told
the National Assembly during the regular parliamentary
control. 2-7-2007
Bulgarian prostitution ring bust in Norway
A series of police raids on Tuesday
resulted in ten arrests in a Bulgarian prostitution
ring. One of the ten arrested has been charged with
human trafficking, Oslo police said in a press release.
16-5-2007
Prostitution laws in Bulgaria change
In
early March, Parliament started a process that will
spell the end of the controversial Vanko 1 Amendment to
the Penal Code dealing with crimes related to
prostitution. 20-4-2007
Poland plans banning talk on homosexuality
Poland would sack all gay teachers if a
draft plan banning debate on homosexuality in schools
and universities is accepted, Brussels reports said
recently. 20-4-2007
Child prostitution flourishes in Ukraine
Juan Miguel Petit, the Commission's
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography reported that the
flourishing of child prostitution and trafficking of
children are the great problems in Ukraine.
20-4-2007
Czech Republic: Prostitution ban is constitutional
A Czech court
ruling giving towns the power to limit prostitution in
public places is being knocked by municipalites as a
Band-Aid approach to a serious problem that is still not
properly addressed by law. Sex for sale, long visible in
border towns serving German and Austrian clients, has
largely moved indoors but remains as lucrative as ever
for brothels, they say.
20-4-2007
Jail time proposed in Poland for having Polish pornography
There is growing
support for a bill in the Polish Parliament that would
give you one year in jail for possession pornographic
material in Poland. And jail times would be a lot longer
if you sell it. 18-3-2007
Hungary may legalize porn involving 14 to 17-year-olds
Hungarian
opposition slammed the government's plans to modify
penal code and allow pornographic material involving
14-to-17-year-olds to be made and kept for personal use.
18-3-2007
Bulgaria's investigators against draft on prostitution
Bulgaria's Investigation Services do not
support the bill on prostitution's legalization, which
is in the making, the Deputy Director Rumen Georgiev
said at a press conference on Wednesday.
18-3-2007
Slovakia: Research shows half of Romani children do not discuss sex with their
parents
Romani boys have
a higher tolerance for premarital sex than do
Romani girls or Romani parents. Up to 86 %
of a total of 160 male respondents
said it was acceptable for a boy to have premarital
sex with a girl. 18-3-2007
10 percent of Japanese men in their 40s still virgins
Haruka is a
38-year-old temporary employment agency worker. She met
her 41-year-old boyfriend through an online matchmaking
site. Judging by his e-mail, he seemed to be kind and
was certainly mature. 17-7-2006
'Clean' Nagano's dark, dirty secret: AIDS
"Among Japan's 47 prefectures, Nagano is
a rarity in that its public morals laws and ordinances
prohibit sex businesses like 'soaplands' and 'fashion
health' salons," the unnamed "pink" journalist tells the
Japanese weekly Shukan Shincho.
17-7-2006
The 'pink parlors' of Lhasa
Once a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage
destination, the Tibetan capital Lhasa is rapidly
turning into a hot spot of 'pink parlours' where flesh
trade thrives under China's modernisation drive, a US
couple says. 17-7-2006
