Though prostitution is still illegal in Uzbekistan, many sex workers there are increasingly open about their professionby Shukhrat Khurramov TASHKENT, Uzbekistan–Five years ago, Uzbek prostitutes hid their profession. Five years before that, under the Soviets, prostitution still did not exist officially. Before 1917, they were stoned. Now, though, the street at the heart of Tashkent’s red-light district, Khartel, is lined […]
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