Prison officials spray disinfectant to inmates in Tanjung Gusta penitentiary in Medan, North Sumatra on March 23. The measure was taken to prevent spread of Covid-19 in the crammed, overcrowded prison. - Jakarta POst/ANN
JAKARTA, June 6 (Jakarta Post/ANN): As the government scrambles to contain a post-Aidil Fitri surge in Covid-19 cases, new prison clusters continue to emerge, putting Indonesia’s overcrowded correctional facilities under scrutiny once again.
Among them is Rajabasa Penitentiary in Lampung, which discovered 152 positive Covid-19 cases among its inmates last week, making it one of the latest prison clusters to contribute to the province s case surge, authorities said.
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For Vanessa Chaniago, a young transgender woman living in Jakarta, Indonesia, the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic were filled with fear. “I was really struggling to make ends meet. I had been working for a civil society organization, which was a great place to learn and develop strong networks, but unfortunately the income was not sufficient to sustain me and my family. My income drastically declined,” she said.
According to a survey conducted by the Crisis Response Mechanism (CRM) Consortium of 300 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Indonesia, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused most LGBTI people to have experienced layoffs or reductions in income or to close their businesses. Most LGBTI people work in sectors with a higher risk of COVID-19: 20.5% in the beauty industry, 19.5% in the health sector and 12.8% in the service industry. Unfortunately, most of the respondents do not have long-term savings-30% would only be able to surviv
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For Vanessa Chaniago, a young transgender woman living in Jakarta, Indonesia, the first few month
For Vanessa Chaniago, a young transgender woman living in Jakarta, Indonesia, the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic were filled with fear. “I was really struggling to make ends meet. I had been working for a civil society organization, which was a great place to learn and develop strong networks, but unfortunately the income was not sufficient to sustain me and my family. My income drastically declined,” she said.
According to a survey conducted by the Crisis Response Mechanism (CRM) Consortium of 300 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Indonesia, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused most LGBTI people to have experienced layoffs or reductions in income or to close their businesses. Most LGBTI people work in sectors with a higher risk of COVID-19: 20.5% in the beauty industry, 19.5% in the health se
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - A gay Indonesian policeman dismissed from the force because of his sexual orientation has lost his legal fight to be reinstated, after a Central Java court rejected his lawsuit, his lawyers said on Thursday.
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier, was fired in 2018 after 10 years in the job, after police from a different town apprehended he and his partner on Valentine’s Day when they were saying their goodbyes at his partner’s workplace.
Teguh’s lawyers from the non-governmental group Community Legal Aid Institute in a statement said the local administrative court had rejected his suit.
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A gay Indonesian policeman dismissed from the force because of his sexual orientation has lost his legal fight to be reinstated, after a Central Java court rejected his lawsuit, his lawyers have said on Thursday.
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier, was fired in 2018 after 10 years in the job, after police from a different town apprehended he and his partner on Valentine’s Day when they were saying their goodbyes at his partner’s workplace.
Teguh’s lawyers from the non-governmental group Community Legal Aid Institute in a statement said the local administrative court had rejected his suit.