WAG Blasts Police
By Savious Kwinika

June 13, 2005 – (Zimbabwe Standard) The Women Action Group (WAG) has accused police officers in Beitbridge of demanding sexual favours from commercial sex workers in exchange for their release.

WAG says this fuels the HIV and Aids pandemic.

This was revealed at the commissioning of a $500 million Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Advocacy project sponsored by the Canadian Embassy in Matabeleland South at Tongwe Business Centre recently.

Edna Masiiwa, WAG director, said she had received complaints from the organisation's members that police officers were demanding sexual favours from commercial sex workers.

Masiiwa said: "We applaud the assistance we are getting from the Canadian Embassy because most of these commercial sex workers can be rounded up by the police, some forced into sexual relationships after failing to raise the required fines."

From: http://allafrica.com/stories/200506130831.html