Sex workers protest above shuttered Berlin brothels
Many dozen prostitutes armed with an inflatable sex doll staged a protest on Berlin in Friday against Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions they state are protecting against them from earning money.
The protesters gathered beyond your Bundesrat upper house of parliament with red umbrellas and placards bearing slogans such as "Let us work," "Start the brothels now" and "Our sector is being driven underground."
Prostitution is legal and regulated in Germany, with sex workers eligible for employment contracts and sociable security benefits.
But sex do the job has been banned since mid-March within efforts to control the pass on of the coronavirus.
The Government Association for Erotic and Sex Services said this is "incomprehensible because of the advancements in other sectors."
"Hairdressers, massage parlours, wonder salons... health studios, tattoo outlets, saunas, restaurants and accommodations have been allowed to reopen," it stated in a statement, but sex employees "seem to have been forgotten by politicians."
Brothels have been permitted to reopen found in neighbouring countries such as for example Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, the association described.
"Prostitution facilities are subject to particularly rigorous regulations and so are obliged to offer their sex staff a safe, hygienic performing environment," it said.
More than 9,000 persons have died from the coronavirus found in Germany, based on the latest statistics from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) disease control center.
With new infection numbers falling, some German states, such as for example Thuringia, are considering allowing brothels to reopen. - AFP
