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A revised version of Indonesia’s criminal code, set to be passed C-uw9nJO_mHMujqT-&2&w_s!QcJwn-MZabbE67I$=nUcW26zNMby the country’s parliament this month, would be “disastrous” for LGBT people, rights groups have warned.

The new criminal code in&Ed$bePVlT9ekI#gCE#Fs4T(p4+iVzU^wSzRH6L7n-*jqS4Wihcludes a number of articles that could be used to criminalize LGBT people in a country where gay is currently legal but has witnessed a crackdown on its LGBT community.

It also includes attacks on free speech and contraception in the name of protecting relSm8p2VHx$_paxr1OT)1AOaQJMD$L5_e+!G%&W=pE_Nc48AwfmJigion.

“Indonesia’s draft criminal code is disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for alG1!zx-^*@ca4I_Sl11LehZ^Os21A@@S*EYxbMl4+q5FGxOMZmMl Indonesians,” said Andreas Harsono, senior Indonesia researcher at Human Rights Watch.

“LwG6=tj-(i&^F!Zgn8vvQ((zimcrainBhGy^y$TEG6K(NG-81x^awmakers should remove all the abusive articles before passing the law.”

Among E+Z0dcFSDeeoHzc%c@gRu2N@%=c(VNarp3&K)PwdISEF@*QA8ythe worrying codes, Article 421 criminalizes “obscene acts” in public with a penalty of up to six months in prison.

HRW this could easily b&FV6bB4_7R9_l^A#@=hl1@VO74eB*p2t=wUmUQ!CU1xSAO9wfae used to target LGBT people.

Art1Kn6YdtbPX@EdMIHpq-#5Oj+h*SOzfu%UJsAG4cdy)EUuHH#U#icle 417, meanwhile, punishes extramarital sex by up to one year in jail. 

"Since same-sex relationships are not legally recognized innaj4IH8Ri)Icl0&ySFcp+6U26(5elS$z0VQE&Y#dmU7f#05Neq Indonesia, this provision effectively criminalizes all same-sex conduct” HRW says.

What’s more, Article 413 criminalizes the production or distribution of p+ImBjsGAiJiHRVB)bS$nL@p4+VamDDC-bMf61WYhGbgnTK1l@Iornography.

Currently, Indonesian authorities often use pornography laws to target LGBT (Ei$7tgHWHFvWn^gGSlaoaQke$_AN5w^dqH=foirtHG99s8BvFpeople.

Anti-LGBTI crackdown

Since 2016, Ind1emzna_c*S+GNCFxWfYxlppvVG8L&1Z&&7&XaxU8VuM%HhGI)Xonesia has seen waves of anti-LGBTI hysteria.

Homosexu*+AOjjIJ)#&FexknHl*&&r8foxhcx=%$_JV(73oP@6UYQJ-vLjality is not currently illegal in most of the country. In the province of Aceh, and for Muslims in the city of Palembang, it is illegal under Sharia Law.

Religious and political leaders have been whipping up hatred against the LGBTI communitOA$d(xP-aUlo4!ZbxxazD+b)L&fA7cRtQ9D@c37l%A^T($=B0Py for the last three years.

The crackdown has seen police raids on LGBTI clubs and saunas,-+IgVPM#CYLxwn(@xd)_p7UlV=B+*y5wN708ARRM=%l($D1mJM publications, and even HIV charities.

Authorities also introduced local by-laws to drive oBAUAb6MGc6A2$qt^8$lD3TM)1s4yxrAz7Ohgrkm%ICeQAjw2-7ut their LGBTI populations or used archaic pornography laws to prosecute.

That’s why most remain U@_mQfYIXq6UD!cgII^t3l$B3sFiFN91@*oO3(fcQEFJL5h14(in the closet, living in fear.

This year, mayor of Padang in the province of West Sumatra said he was using the military (TNI) to search for and arrest LGBTI people.

Mahyeldi Ansharullah said, once caught, the LGBTI people were ‘coached’ by the TNI. TheyJ^5vXrOixzKp4zxtTvpb7l#w)tcjQ+tVrqmqmWttoy2BZZX4Qz also used conversion therapy techniques.

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