The proposed statutes are 'disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for all Indonesians,' said Human Rights Watch.
A year later, raids on bathhouses and clubs led to the arrest of 141 men in Jakarta. In Surabaya, officials published HIV test results of several men suspected of homosexuality. Last month, national police spokesperson Asep Adi Saputra referred to being LGBT as"The way we can protect our kids from becoming victims of child groomers or from becoming LGBT sufferers is by instilling faith and devotion in children from an early age," Saputra said.
"It would be easy for a police officer in Bali to say, 'You aren't married, you have to pay me," Lindsey added.CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images
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