Indonesian Police Harass Transgender Women

Expand Three transgender women were arrested and brought to the municipality police office in Labuhan Jukung, Sumatra Island, where they were given “Islamic guidance,” then hosed down using water from a fire truck. Municipality officers claimed it was a form of “mandi wajib” - an Islamic bathing ritual required to cleanse one off after sexual intercourse. © Yosef Riadi Police in Indonesia’s Lampung province were caught on video arresting and humiliating three transgender women, known as waria, the latest incident of rising state-sanctioned violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…

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