Amnesty International Archives

75 Arrested in Indonesia ‘Gay Party’ Raid, Amnesty Demands Release

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Asia LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 25, 2025) — Indonesian authorities in the city of Bogor sparked global condemnation this week after raiding a private “gay party” and arresting 75 people on June 22. According to Amnesty International, the incident occurred in the Puncak [...]

Two Malaysian Women Caned In Public Over Lesbian Sex

By JRL Charts|2018-09-04T13:57:00-07:00September 4th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Amnesty International, caned for Lesbian sex, conservative traditional values, human rights groups, intolerance, lgbt politics, LGBTQ community, Malaysian Lesbians, Malaysian women, opposition party, Pan-Malaysian Islamist Party, PAS, plead guilty, Sharia High Court, Terengganu|

Women’s rights groups condemned the sentence “a travesty and a grave miscarriage of justice.” KUALA LUMPUR — Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court. The dark age practice was witnessed by dozens of people on Monday which immediately condemned by human rights activists. According to human rights [...]