Sex Crime Victim Could End Up in Jail for Revealing Names of Assailants
The Business Insider reported that a U.S. teenager could be facing 180 days in jail and a $500 fine for revealing the names of the two teen boys who sexually assaulted her in 2011.
Savannah Dietrich, 17, posted the boy’s names on Twitter stating “protect rapist is more important than getting justice for the victim in Louisville.”
The judge had ordered the case be kept confidential because it was a juvenile hearing. The boys pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse and misdemeanor voyeurism in June, according to the Courier Journal.
The attorneys for the boys asked a district judge to hold her in contempt because they say that in naming her attackers, she violated the confidentiality of a juvenile hearing and the courts order not to speak of it.
AIDs Conference Focuses on Banned Sex Workers from the U.S.
As many as 20,000 people are expected to attend the world’s largest AIDs conference in the U.S. where scientists, politicians, and celebrities are already raising concern over sex workers who are banned from America due to HIV.
In 2009 the U.S. lifted a travel ban on people infected with HIV but has continued to bar foreign sex workers from entering the country. Due to this, activists have been pushing the government for more rights among those infected.
A group of sex-worker activists carrying red umbrellas and vuvuzelas crashed the AIDs gathering new conference and are planning a protest in front of the White House as well as a live video with the Sex Worker Freedom Festival.
HIV affects more than 34 million people worldwide and in places such as Asia it is estimated there are around 10 million sex workers. Thailand in particular, even with its anti-prostitution laws, is a hub for sex workers who are not only locals but also from outside countries.
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