Posted on 12/07/2010 7:09:41 AM PST by george76
Islamic sharia laws in Indonesia's Aceh province have been used by vigilante groups to harass and intimidate locals, a Human Rights Watch report says.
The rights group has detailed evidence that the laws are often selectively enforced and rarely applied to wealthy or politically connected individuals.
Its report says sharia police sometimes force women and girls to get "virginity tests".
Christen Broecker from Human Rights Watch says in one extreme case a woman was raped by sharia police while in detention.
Ms Broecker says virginity tests are a gender-specific form of torture under international law and a practice that both the sharia police and the provincial government in Aceh have defended.
She says women in Aceh can also be apprehended not just for failing to wear a veil but for wearing clothing sharia police consider tight.
"And there still does not seem to be a clear definition of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable in their view," Ms Broecker said.
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These are the people we helped after the tsunami in early ‘06. What a waste of resources.
Coming soon to America, unless we stop it..
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