For gay men Indonia’s Aceh provce, exile should be an optn
Contents:
- GAY MEN ACEH WILL NO LONGER BE NED PUBLIC
- STRICT SHARIA FORC GAYS TO HIDG INDONIA'S ACEH
- SURVEILLANCE NATN: BEHD ARRT OF GAYS ACEH
GAY MEN ACEH WILL NO LONGER BE NED PUBLIC
Overwhelmed by fear, members of the ma gay rights group the Indonian town of Banda Aceh started burng pil of documents outsi their headquarters late October, worried that the sharia police would raid them at any moment. * no wa gay aceh *
The Indonian provce of Aceh has announced will no longer ne men acced of beg gay public, stead the punishments will be nducted wh the prison. Last year two men when ned 83 tim after they plead guilty to havg gay sex.
STRICT SHARIA FORC GAYS TO HIDG INDONIA'S ACEH
* no wa gay aceh *
While homosexualy has never been illegal Indonia, the Aceh provi operat unr Islamic sharia law.
A man and a transgenr woman were arrted for hostg a “gay party”, while two younger men were arrted recently for havg gay sex, after vigilant broke to their acmodatn.
BANDA ACEH, Indonia/JAKARTA (Rters) - Overwhelmed by fear, members of the ma gay rights group the Indonian town of Banda Aceh started burng pil of documents outsi their headquarters late October, worried that the sharia police would raid them at any moment.
SURVEILLANCE NATN: BEHD ARRT OF GAYS ACEH
Indonia’s northernmost provce of Aceh had weeks earlier passed an anti-homosexualy law that punish anyone ught havg gay sex wh 100 lash. Amnty Internatnal cricized , sayg would add to a climate of homophobia and fear. “We are more aaid, of urse, ” said a 31-year-old transgenr person who, along wh three other members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) group, Vlet Grey, burned the pamphlets, group rerds and other papers.