The Indonesian government has been urged to urgently investigate a police raid on a so-called 'gay party' that resulted in the arrests of nine men.
The Indonesian government has been urged to urgently investigate a police raid on a so-called"gay party" that resulted in the arrests of nine men.The nine men were charged under Indonesia's pornography law and Article 296 of Indonesia's criminal code - which relates to causing or facilitating an"obscene act" - following the raid in South Jakarta in early September, according to Amnesty International.
"We call on the authorities to release all people arrested in the party and drop all charges against them. "They must also stop these arbitrary and humiliating raids and stop misusing laws against loitering or public nuisance to harass and arrest people accused of same-sex activity."As Australia looks to act on LGBT conversion practices, survivors and religious groups speak out
Human Rights Watch said the incident followed several other arrests of LGBITQ+ people in private gatherings, with seven men jailed under the pornography law in 2017 after being arrested at a party in Surabaya, while 10 men were jailed months later after police raided a sauna. "The latest raid fits into a disturbing pattern of Indonesian authorities using pornography law as a weapon to target LGBT people," HRW senior LGBT rights researcher Kyle Knight said in a statement.
"The government has been inciting hostility toward LGBT people for several years, and there is no accountability for abuses such as police raids on private spaces."
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