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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.

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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.

In the Indonesian parliament passed a new Penal Code criminalising sex outside of marriage. Although the new law is not set to come into effect untilthe provisions may be used to target LGBT people. There is significant evidence of the law being enforced in recent years, with LGBT people being frequently subject to arrest.

In recent years there has been an ongoing crackdown against LGBT people, with multiple raids of bars, clubs, and saunas frequented by gay men, often followed by periods of arbitrary indonesia and eventual release, though several people have been prosecuted and convicted usually under the anti-pornography law.

Transgender people have also been subjected to arrests in recent years. There have been consistent reports of discrimination and violence being committed against LGBT people in recent years, including harassment, extortion, denial of basic rights and services, and familial pressure. Under the new law, parents or children will be able to report unmarried couples to the police if they suspect them of having sex.

Activists have stated that the law would leave same-sex couples at risk of prosecution, as they do not have the right to marry. The law will not come into effect until The legislation was due to be voted on, but its enactment was postponed by President Joko Widodo as a result of international outcry and a popular petition calling on the President to intervene.

The law came into force in The law has frequently been used to justify arrests of LGBT people in Indonesia, as same-sex sexual activity is not criminalised at the federal level. According to the reports, indonesia of the men arrested were facing up to 15 years in jail on anti-pornography charges.

The two men, both students, were allegedly caught in an embrace after individuals burst into their room. According to the news reports, the judge chose not to impose the full sentence of lashes given the two men had exemplary academic records. In January, two gay, aged 27 and 29, received 77 lashes from a masked officer in front of a crowd gay the capital Banda Aceh.

The two men were sentenced for allegedly having sex together. This is believed to be the third time gay men have been caned in Aceh since Islamic laws outlawing homosexuality were introduced in Nine were charged xxx the anti-pornography law. On 28 January, police raided several beauty salons in Aceh, arresting up to a dozen trans employees.

Also in January, police in West Java raided a private home and arrested five men under the anti-pornography law. In April, fourteen men were arrested and forced to undergo HIV tests following a gathering at a hotel. The men were not xxx to speak with lawyers after being detained by Sharia Police, according to human rights organisations.

Also in May, police arrested more than men in Jakarta in a raid on a gay sauna. The men were reportedly stripped naked for drug testing and police interrogation, and leaked photos appeared online.