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Dutch museum rolls out 200-year-old condom
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on Tuesday placed on display a rare condom from around 1830, featuring an erotic print of a nun and three clergymen in provocative poses.
Belgium's green light for red light workers
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» ANTWERP — A police station in the historic sailors' quarter of the Belgian port of Antwerp is surrounded by sex workers' neon-lit red-light windows.
Amsterdam sex workers protest planned 'erotic centre'
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» AMSTERDAM - Amsterdam's sex workers Thursday protested against the transfer of their famed red light district to an out-of-town "erotic centre", in what is seen as part of a battle for the city's soul.
Amsterdam at war over 'erotic centre' plan
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» AMSTERDAM - The atmosphere was tense as residents confronted Amsterdam's mayor on a controversial plan to move legal prostitution from the city's historic red light district to a suburban "erotic centre".
'Ugly history': Battle to restore iconic Japan brothel building
AFP, Published on 12/11/2021
» OSAKA: At the corner of a red-light district in the Japanese city of Osaka stands an unlikely architectural gem: a century-old former brothel at the centre of a restoration campaign.
'Joe Ferrari' case lifts lid on police corruption
AFP, Published on 22/09/2021
» BANGKOK: A flashy cop with a taste for fast cars falls from grace following the leak of spine-chilling footage of a brutal interrogation gone wrong.
Bangladesh vaccinates hundreds of sex workers at largest brothel
AFP, Published on 19/08/2021
» DAULATDIA (BANGLADESH) - Hundreds of sex workers at Bangladesh's largest brothel have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in a one-day inoculation drive the participants hope will revive an industry devastated by the pandemic.
Berlin brothels reopen after lockdown, but no sex allowed
AFP, Published on 16/08/2020
» BERLIN - Berlin's brothels were allowed to reopen last week after months of closure due to coronavirus restrictions -- but full-on sex is still off-limits.
Virus misinformation stokes fear in Asia
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» HONG KONG: False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid on a brothel recirculated with a misleading claim.
Sex workers' hands tied under virus lockdowns
AFP, Published on 28/05/2020
» LONDON: The bondage chairs and polished metal whipping tools sit gathering dust on a quiet street near London's trendy Shoreditch neighbourhood -- and Madame Caramel is not pleased.