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Two Indonesian soldiers imprisoned for homosexuality

2022-11-30T11:47:16.513Z


Two Indonesian soldiers received a seven-month prison sentence for having sex between men, banned in the army because...


Two Indonesian soldiers received a seven-month prison sentence for having sex between men, banned in the army because considered "

inappropriate

".

The soldiers, recruited last year and stationed on the island of Java, have also been banned from the armed forces, according to the judgment of a military court dated November 9.

“They had to lead by example”

Sex between men is prohibited in the Indonesian army, but it remains legal in the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, except in the rigorous province of Aceh.

However, the LGBTQ community suffers from significant discrimination in the country and Indonesian homosexuals have been arrested for violation of the anti-pornography law in particular.

"

The deviant sexual acts with people of the same sex committed by the defendants were very inappropriate because as soldiers, they had to set an example

" to the rest of the population, notes the judgment.

The acts of the defendants are contrary to the law and to all religious rules,

” he continues.

The Supreme Court released the judgment last week, but it was only reported on Tuesday by local news site Detik.

"Rising trend"

In 2020, Amnesty International recorded at least 15 members of the Indonesian military or police fired for same-sex relationships in recent years.

It's a growing trend in the armed forces and the police in recent years.

Some of their members are dismissed or put on trial just for who they are, the ones they love or the ones they are attracted

to,” Amnesty International Indonesia director Usman Hamid told AFP. .

Some political leaders stir up hatred by stigmatizing minorities, such as the LGBTQ community, he observed, believing that the case of the two soldiers was only the “

tip of the iceberg

”.

Source: lefigaro

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