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Phnom Penh - Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that sex workers in Cambodia face an array of abuses including beatings, extortion and rape at the hands of the authorities.
Elaine Pearson, HRW's acting Asia director, called on the government to investigate alleged violations and close detention centres where abuses have taken place.
She said donors, which fund anti-trafficking measures and police training, should also get involved.
"Those people who should really be protecting sex workers from violence and other abuses are in fact the ones who are harming them," Pearson said at the launch of the report "Off the Streets."
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