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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