A proposed legislation making paid sex a crime in the Republic of Cyprus is drawing criticism, after the country’s left wing declared the female body is not for sale and cannot be bought.
On Friday, Akel submitted a bill to the House calling for the criminalization of prostitution in Cyprus, with MP Skevi Koukouma calling prostitution the “oldest form of violence against women.”
Koukouma said her party based the draft legislation on the Nordic model, under which Scandinavian laws criminalize the purchase of sex under a broad ideological framework...