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Queensland sex workers forced underground by ‘draconian’ laws amid ‘predatory’ police targeting, advocates say

“They were going through all my stuff, asking for passwords to my devices, looking for something … literally anything to charge me with,” she said. After a day of court proceedings, Isabel emerged with all charges against her dropped — a victory she described as “an absolute f**k you to the cops. […] Every single thing [in their case] seemed to be ‘we rely on intimidation tactics for people to feel guilty and we’re going to drag it out and hope that people feel vulnerable’. And it’s hard not to feel that,” she said.

ABC article

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