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Women’s rights activists up ante against media houses
Women’s rights activists warned of legal consequences, if any media organisation tried to reveal the victims’ names in the USA prostitution racket case here on Monday. They said the film industry was blaming the victims instead of helping them. In a press meet held here on Monday, women organisations Joint Action Committee condemned their attempts to reveal the identity of the victims and shaming
Hyderabad: Women’s rights activists warned of legal consequences, if any media organisation tried to reveal the victims’ names in the USA prostitution racket case here on Monday. They said the film industry was blaming the victims instead of helping them. In a press meet held here on Monday, women organisations Joint Action Committee condemned their attempts to reveal the identity of the victims and shaming them.
Defining the Chicago prostitution racket as ‘institutionalised crime’ by the film industry, women's rights activist Devi said, “We will sue whoever reveals the identity of the victims. It has been observed that a few television channel debates and discussions were trying to identify the victims. It is pathetic, even the USA law enforcement agencies did not leave anything to identify the victims.”
She added that the women organisations did not leave the casting couch issue. “We have been organising deliberations with the stakeholders involved including the governments. An International Complaints Committee (ICC) would be set up to address the grievances of the actresses,” she added.
The activists opined that the ‘broker’ system should be abolished, and payments should be directly made to actors’ accounts. The acting and dancing institutions, where the exploitation said to be started on the pretext of providing offers, should be regularised, the activists demanded.
Prof Sujatha Surepally, another women’s rights activist said, “There are big people involved in the Chicago sex racket. We need to bring them to light in order to stop human trafficking in the future. Production houses should be made responsible for crimes against women in the film industry. Human trafficking for sex would stop only if all of us work collectively.”
Sajaya, another activist, said, “We should respect the sensitivity considering the future of the victims and their families.’’
