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Indonesian Police Harass Transgender Women

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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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