Indonesia rights group condemns gay raids ordered after U.K. rape case

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Indonesia's human rights commission has condemned plans by a mayor to launch raids targeting the LGBTQ community in his city after a local man was convicted in Britain of sexually assaulting 48 men.

JAKARTA - Indonesia's human rights commission on Tuesday condemned plans by a mayor to launch raids targeting the LGBTQ community in his city after a local man was convicted in Britain of sexually assaulting 48 men.Greater Manchester Police / via AFP - Getty Images," Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga last month was convicted of 136 rapes against the men, whom he drugged, and given a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years.

The mayor of Depok, Mohammad Idris, plans to enlist public order officers to raid residences of members of the LGBTQ community, according to a statement posted last week on the city's official website. Homosexuality is not regulated by law in Indonesia, except in Aceh province where Islamic law bans same-sex relations. But the world's largest Muslim-majority nation has seen a rise in hostility toward gays.

 

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Well that is awful and disgusting i am so disgusted that they cannot accept other people and their lifestyle not that it is any of anybody's business who U LIKE OR LUV CAUSE IT ISN'T MIND UR OWN BUSINESS DO URSELF A FAVOR!!!

I remember his story getting a lot of folks provoked about the use of the word ' Prolific' lol!

He looks like a complete submissive bottom. How could he assault 48 men without getting attacked?

Amk oglu sulalesini ipe dizeceksin bunun

Can you make clear these raids are in Indonesia, not Britain. The headline is misleading.

Since Indonesia is a moderate Muslim nation, they'll at least be spared execution.

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