STRASS - Syndicat du TRAvail Sexuel

The police arrested the victim instead of the attackers

On the night of the 1st to the 2nd April 2009, one of our fellow migrant colleague was attacked by gas and stolen in Toulouse. The police was alerted to intervene against the aggression but controled the identity of the victim and discovered her illegal status to finally decide to arrest her and let go her abusers.

Here’s how in France the so-called fight against pimping is actually the fight against illegal immigration at the expense of the safety of victims. Pimps can be happy since the police help them in arresting the victims who would dare to call for their protection.

What is this country where the police is not a public safety service but only an instrument of control and repression against minorities?

We demand our colleague to be released from the detention center and that she obtains the necessary protection she deserves and therefore the regularisation of her migration status.

We call for a rally of support on the SATURDAY APRIL 4 in front of the the Tribunal de Grande Instance (2 allée Jules Guèdes Toulouse) where the victim will pass before the judge of Freedoms and Detention in Room 33

To contact our spokeswoman Isabelle Schweiger : 06 71 59 27 36