Indonesian police have arrested 56 men who were found at a “gay sex party” during the attack on a hotel room in Jakarta’s capital.
According to police spokesman Ade Ary Syam Indradi, the man was arrested on February 1st and was first reported. Reuters.
“The event was based… on the joy they wanted to look for,” Indradi said. Police added that they discovered condoms and HIV medications at the party.
Three chief organizers of the party were appointed as suspected criminals and accused of promoting “porn” services that allow them to sentence up to 15 years in prison.
Although homosexuality is not illegal in most Indonesia, including Jakarta, it is considered a taboo in the majority of Muslim countries.
Aceh has enforced several provisions of the Islamic Criminal Code (Sharia) including canning and beating for same-sex relationships, selling or producing, gambling and adultery.
While the attack on a hotel room in Jakarta appears to have discovered a legal sex party, LGBTQ activists are “gender parties” even innocent rallies and parties hosted by people from private homes and businesses. By arguing that this is, it accuses authorities of abuse of anti-pornography laws.
“In the last 10 or 12 years, rather conservative Islamic groups have started to focus more and more on issues related to the LGBTQ community and the women found,” says Human Rights Watch’s Asian Advocacy. Director John Shifton said. Metro Weekly In the interview, he noted that such groups previously focused on scapegoing religious minorities.
Sifton said that anti-LGBTQ sentiment has increased in 2017, when LGBTQ people began raids at homes, bars, nightclubs and other venues that were believed to attract attendees and arrest attendees. has reached its peak.
The number of attacks has been tapering in recent years, but it continues to occur.
Shifton says police often weaponize Indonesia’s anti-porn laws to justify arrests and criminal charges arising out of them.
The law not only prohibits the ownership of pornographic material, but also offers a more vague look, ranging from sexually explicit acts to displaying homosexual affection, testing for HIV, distributing condoms, and even collecting non-sexual activities. It prohibits defined “porn activity.” In the park.
LGBTQ activists say such prosecutions could exacerbate the HIV epidemic by discouraging people from being tested for fear of alienating themselves or being falsely accused of illegal activities. I warn that there is. This is despite the fact that most HIV transmissions in Indonesia occur among heterosexuals.
“People prosecution [under the anti-pornography law] It’s one issue,” Shifton said. “The other problem is that people who have been arrested are abused, sometimes beaten, forced for money, and have their property confiscated from them. In addition to anti-porn laws, criminal law states that ” There are also regulations regarding “indecent conduct by others with third parties” that were used to prosecute people.
Shifton points out that Indonesia adopted it New criminal law In 2022 (scheduled to take effect in December 2025), it contains provisions deregulated extramarital sex and cohabitation, defined as “adultery.” Because same-sex marriage is prohibited in Indonesia, many activists say the law effectively criminalizes people who are openly LGBTQ, engage in sex or live with their partner.
“The police have shown it again and again. If they get caught up in a frenzy by Islamists, they will use the laws they have in the book to prosecute people,” Shifton said.
Source: Metro Weekly – www.metroweekly.com
