Indonesian sex workers protest 'Dolly' shutdown

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Updated On Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

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A sex worker wait for customers in a brothel at Dolly prostitution complex in Surabaya, Indonesia. The city mayor may have officially shut down one of Southeast Asia's biggest red-light districts areas, but the world's oldest profession is still up and running despite warnings to stop. (AP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

A sex worker wait for customers in a brothel at Dolly prostitution complex in Surabaya, Indonesia. The city mayor may have officially shut down one of Southeast Asia's biggest red-light districts areas, but the world's oldest profession is still up and running despite warnings to stop. (AP photo)

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The mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, may have officially shut down one of Southeast Asia's biggest red-light districts areas last week, but the world's oldest profession is still up and running despite warnings to stop. (AP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

The mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, may have officially shut down one of Southeast Asia's biggest red-light districts areas last week, but the world's oldest profession is still up and running despite warnings to stop. (AP photo)

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Residents of Dolly red-light district shout slogans as they stage a protest against the mayor's move to shut down the prostitution complex in Surabaya, Indonesia. (AP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

Residents of Dolly red-light district shout slogans as they stage a protest against the mayor's move to shut down the prostitution complex in Surabaya, Indonesia. (AP photo)

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Demonstrators shout slogans as they stage a protest supporting the mayor's move to shut down Dolly red-light district, in Surabaya, Indonesia. (AP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

Demonstrators shout slogans as they stage a protest supporting the mayor's move to shut down Dolly red-light district, in Surabaya, Indonesia. (AP photo)

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A karaoke girl shouts protests against the city mayor's move to close down Dolly prostitution complex in Surabaya, Indonesia. (AP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

A karaoke girl shouts protests against the city mayor's move to close down Dolly prostitution complex in Surabaya, Indonesia. (AP photo)

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Indonesian sex workers are protesting closure of one of Southeast Asia's biggest red light districts saying it will leave them unemployed after the city's crusading new mayor ordered the shut down of the area. (AFP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

Indonesian sex workers are protesting closure of one of Southeast Asia's biggest red light districts saying it will leave them unemployed after the city's crusading new mayor ordered the shut down of the area. (AFP photo)

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Indonesian sex workers, brothel owners, local NGO leaders and residents of the Dolly red light district in Surabaya city protest the city Mayor Tri Rismaharini's closure order. Dolly is Southeast Asia's biggest red light districts, which takes its name from a Dutch madam who ran a brothel during the Netherland's colonial rule of Indonesia. (AFP photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2014 05:05 pm IST

Indonesian sex workers, brothel owners, local NGO leaders and residents of the Dolly red light district in Surabaya city protest the city Mayor Tri Rismaharini's closure order. Dolly is Southeast Asia's biggest red light districts, which takes its name from a Dutch madam who ran a brothel during the Netherland's colonial rule of Indonesia. (AFP photo)

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