Gay community in meulaboh, indonesia

Intimate sexual relations between consenting adults should never be criminalized, and no one should be punished because of their real or perceived sexual orientation. Aceh and Indonesian central government authorities must take immediate action to halt these practices and revoke the bylaws that allow them to take place. Two university students were publicly flogged in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex relations. One of the men was flogged 77 times while his partner received a slightly higher punishment of 82 lashes for providing a place for their consensual sexual activities.

Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited explicitly in two provinces of Indonesia: Aceh, a conservative Muslim province which practices Shariah law, and South Sumatra, a Muslim-majority, but less conservative, province. Both provinces have introduced their criminalising laws since the turn of the twenty-first century. There are also some specific city and district level ordinances that criminalise certain areas within provinces, for example, Padang Panjang in West Sumatra. However, there is no national level law in Indonesia i.

Their name is Chris Derek. At times, Derek said, such sentiments end up in violent attacks against members of the community. The country of over million is set to vote on 14 February to elect its next president, vice president and parliamentary representatives. In , the UN urged Indonesia to recognize the rights of queer people and fully integrate them into society.

There were at least six similar raids on private spaces in , and more in early Each followed a pattern: vigilantism against lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender LGBT people provided social sanction for abusive police action; vague and discriminatory provisions in the law empowered authorities to violate the privacy rights of people presumed to be LGBT; the venues raided were places where LGBT Indonesians believed they could gather safely and privately, to learn about health issues, make friends, and build community. All told, police in Indonesia apprehended at least LGBT people in alone because of their sexual orientation and gender identity—a spike from previous years and the highest such number ever recorded in Indonesia. The pattern of these raids suggests a systematic crackdown on LGBT rights, and their impact portends a public health crisis.