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According to the state-run news agency Xinhua, China plans to refrain from putting prostitutes and clients in two-year educational camps. Instead, criminals will face up to 15 days in prison and fines, the state news agency Xhinhua said. Prostitution is still illegal, the report said.
Accordingly, the decision will take effect this Sunday. All people currently in such camps should be released. According to Xinhua, the system launched two decades ago “played an important role in the education and rescue of prostitutes and prostitutes”. Due to a series of judicial reforms, the program is no longer appropriate.
China’s dealings with prostitutes have long been criticized internationally because most of them are put in camps without trial. Prostitution has been illegal in China since the communist revolution in 1949.
Reportage on the traumatic effects of prison camps
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