AFP Photo. President Donald Trump said Friday he would "probably" meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky next week, as Russia said its forces had seized the key mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was in no hurry to advance his shock plan for Gaza, which would see its Palestinian inhabitants moved out and the United States take control. News World August 23 AFP Photo A white stretch limousine pulls up outside a northern Nicosia hospital to drop off cabaret girls for their monthly HIV test, in Turkish Cyprus, where officially prostitution is illegal.
Although the women are legally obliged to have monthly HIV tests, Turkish Cypriot authorities do not acknowledge they are prostitutes or victims of sex trafficking.
Official figures show 1, such visas were issued between April and January , half to Moldovans and the rest to Moroccans, Ukrainians and women from central Asian countries. As the women await their blood tests, the hospital ward is filled with Arabic and Slavic conversation, but their minders discourage talk with outsiders. According to local newspapers, a foreign woman in June tried to escape from a fourth floor hospital window and broke a leg. She had reportedly expected to be working as a waitress and panicked when she realized her job was to sell sex.
Women are used as sex slaves. The offence can carry a seven-year jail sentence. The status quo remains. Greek Cyprus remains on a U. The U. Cyprus has been divided since when Turkish troops occupied its northern third in response to an Athens-inspired coup. Only Ankara recognizes Turkish Cyprus. Emine Colak, its foreign minister, was candid in a conversation in her law office. After decades of failed international initiatives, a new round of UN-brokered reunification talks between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders was launched in May.
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