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FPI dissolves training for transvestites The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 04/30/2010 5:20 PM | Jakarta Neglected right: Participants of human rights training for transvestites gather outside a hotel in Depok, West Java after Islam Defenders Front activists dissolved the program on Friday. The training was organized by the National Commission on Human Rights. -JP/J. Adiguna Dozens of Islamic Defender Front (FPI) activists stormed into a hotel in Depok, West Java on Friday to dissolve a human rights training program for transvestites from across the country. The raid took place as 26 participants of the program were attending a class delivered by a National Commission on Human Rights instructor, kompas.com reported. "Suddenly the door was smashed, the glasses were tossed around and people started to call for God's help," Seruni, a participant from Jakarta, said. The rights body evacuated all the participants from the hotel to the commission's office in Menteng, Central Jakarta. "What mistake did we commit? We learned bout human rights in order to defend our rights as a minority group," another participant, Nadine, said, adding that five police officers who were in the hotel during the raid did nothing to prevent the attackers. . "Perhaps they [attackers] thought we would hold a pageantry contest," Nadine said. The training is scheduled to finish on Saturday, but following the incident the rights commission has not yet decided whether to continue the program. Related News >> a.. Police vow to stop illegal raids on nightspots b.. FPI members told to keep calm c.. FPI storms discotheque d.. FPI threatens to raid nightspots during Ramadhan Post Comments | Comments ( 9) rahadi widodo, jakarta Mon, 03/05/2010 - 15:05pm This issue is much bigger than the Bank Century scandel.... Indo Governemt wake up !!! Otheriwse people become impatiant and take laws into thier own hands to deal with FPI... David, Jakarta, Jakarta Mon, 03/05/2010 - 13:05pm To paraphrase Martin Niemoeller for modern Indonesia: They came first for the Ahmadis, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't an Ahmadi. Then they came for the Liberals, and I did not speak up because I wasn't a Liberal. Then they came for the waria, and I did not speak up because I wasn't a waria. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak up for me. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
