Durian. Amnesty International Indonesia called Indonesian authorities to release nine men who have been under Jakarta Police custody, accusing for organizing a “gay party” in South Jakarta.
Police raided an apartment unit in South Jakarta where they found dozens of men aged 20-40 were gathered on Sept.1 and detained nine of them.
From the location, police confiscated several condoms and said that it was a guy party that organized by the nine suspects.
The suspects are detained under Indonesian Criminal Code on facilitating obscene act and Pornography Law with maximum penalty is 15 of imprisonment if found guilty.
“There is no legal justification for criminalizing the behavior these men are accused of,” Usman Hamid, executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia said in a statement that was received by thebigdurian.news on Sept.3.
“Raids like these send a terrifying message to LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex] people. We call on the authorities to release all people arrested in the party and drop all charges against them,” Hamid stressed.
He said Indonesian authorities must stop this kind of arbitrary and humiliating raids.
Amnesty noted that in Indonesia, LGBTI people are frequently harassed, intimidated, criminalized and even killed only because of their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
