All posts tagged "Indonesia"
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Indonesia Considering a Ban on LGBTQ Content
Indonesia lawmakers are proposing a ban on LGBTQ content, investigative journalism, and depictions of "negative behavior or lifestyles."
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Muslim Anti-LGBTQ Groups Protest Coldplay Concert in Indonesia
A crowd of conservative Muslims protested and booed concertgoers at a Coldplay concert in Indonesia over the band's support for LGBTQ rights.
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Indonesian Soldiers Jailed for Consensual Gay Sex
Two Indonesian male soldiers have been sentenced to seven months in prison for engaging in consensual sex, which is considered a form of “inappropriate behavior”...
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Peruvian Transgender Activist Dies in Police Custody in Indonesia
Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a trans activist from Peru and graduate student at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, died in Indonesian police custody while honeymooning...
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Gay nurse arrested after having sex with COVID-19 patient in hospital toilet
Two men were investigated after a patient tweeted a photo of the nurse's PPE on a hospital bathroom floor.
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Indonesian LGBTQ people are being forced to undergo exorcisms to ‘cure’ them
A transgender woman said she was forced to undergo an exorcism to "save" her from her "gender disease"
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An Indonesian trans woman was burned to death. Police won’t charge anyone with murder.
Suspects were charged with aggravated assault because police claim they didn't intend to set the victim on fire
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Indonesia delays vote on new criminal code that could harm LGBTQ people
Critics say proposed changes' vague and overly broad language could effectively criminalize homosexuality
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Gay couple is publicly caned 86 times in Indonesia’s Aceh province
Victims were punished for violating Sharia law prohibitions on homosexuality
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Report: Anti-gay climate in Indonesia could be fueling HIV epidemic
A new report by Human Rights Watch claims that the increase in anti-LGBTQ hostility, increased raids by police, and failure of the country’s political leaders...
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UN human rights chief: Intolerance toward LGBTQ people shows “dark clouds” growing in Indonesia
UN rights chief warns that political extremism and intolerance are rising, as government cracks down on LGBTQ people
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Google axes gay dating app Blued from its Indonesian store
Complaints about "pornography" from the government prompted the removal
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Human rights groups concerned about anti-gay crackdowns in Muslim nations
Even in places where homosexuality is not technically illegal, LGBTQ people can be targeted by local police
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Indonesian police set up task force to investigate LGBTQ people
Indonesian police have set up a new task force to investigate activities by LGBTQ people in the province of West Java, reports the South China Morning Post. West...
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Two men publicly caned 83 times for homosexuality in Indonesia
On Tuesday, two men in the Indonesian province of Aceh were publicly caned 83 times for engaging in consensual homosexual sex, marking the first time...
