Keys rallies fans to join protest against sex trafficking ads ~ Bollywood Media

London: R&B star Alicia Keys has called on her fans to join in a protest campaigning against a New York newspaper`s online classified pages, amid allegations the listings allow the facilitation of sex trafficking.

The `Empire State of Mind` hitmaker has thrown her weight behind officials at the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), who are planning to gather outside the headquarters of the publication on Wednesday and call on website editors to block their advertisements, which reportedly promote prostitution, reported Daily Express.

In a post on Twitter, Keys wrote, "What if these were your daughters? SO CRAZY! Please stand up with CATW against sex trafficking on Nov 16 in NYC (sic)".

It`s not the first time the publication has been targeted by a celebrity - in June Ashton Kutcher took aim at the newspaper`s editors, accusing them of "facilitating the sale of human beings" by publishing advertisements for escorts.