Antara, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar on Sunday urged the public not to resort to vigilantism or persecution amid renewed debate over LGBT issues, saying any alle

Jakarta – The government will incorporate educational material on the prevention of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) phenomenon into school curricula starting t

Rafiqa Qurrata Ayun – The Indonesian Ulama Council or Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) is currently preparing a draft bill to criminalise lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGB

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has condemned a series of recent attacks against transgender women, or trans women, in the city of Bogor.

Responding to the wave of persecution and violence against the transgender community in Bogor city, West Java, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executive Director Usman Hamid stated:

Jakarta – The LGBTQ community has never had it easy: online harassment and offline raids have long been recurring features of public life. But under Presidential Regulation No.

The government is muddling the logic of defense policy by classifying lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture as a non-military threat.

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – While the Indonesian government designated the spread of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture as a "non-military threat" unde

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, stated that he respects the proposal from the Indones

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – A presidential regulation classifying LGBTQ "culture" as a nonmilitary threat has drawn sharp criticism from civil society groups, who warn it could provide le

Dian Rahma Fika Alnina, Jakarta – Indonesia's Gerindra Party spokesperson Bahtra Banong said he supports President Prabowo Subianto's decision to classify the spread of lesbian, gay, bi

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs is planning to incorporate prevention of the spread of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) cult

London – Harassment and attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) university students in Indonesia escalated during the June 2026 Pride Month celebrations, Human Ri

Responding to recent backlash against online expression of LGBTQI+, which derived from the Presidential Regulation on General Policy for National Defense, which classifies the spread of

Satrio Adi Putranto, Jakarta – The Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) supports designating the spread of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) culture as a non-military thre

Antara, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry plans to incorporate education on preventing the spread of what it describes as "LGBTQ culture" into religious education curricula and e

Jakarta – The Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) Central Leadership Board (DPP) supports Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 111/2025 on General National Defence Policy for 2025-20

Jakarta – The government through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 111/2025 on General National Defence Policy 2025-2029 has regulated a number of classifications of threats to t

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has included the dissemination of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) culture as a form of non-military th

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) said the study results posted by the Student Executive Board (BEM) of the Psychology Faculty on homosexuality "does not reflect" t

Ricky Juliansyah, Jakarta – The Director of Public Relations, Media, Government, and International Relations of the University of Indonesia (UI), Erwin Agustian Panigoro, stated that th

Nadira Rahmadini – West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi said local authorities would pursue rehabilitation measures for individuals involved in a viral incident in Karawang, following the ci

Shaan Amin – Prejudice against queer people in Indonesia is on the rise in many forms.

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – A soldier testified about the inhuman treatment and torture he suffered with a fellow soldier which led to the death of his friend, on accusations that

Surabaya – Dozens of naked men were arrested by police at a hotel in Surabaya, East Java.

Banda Aceh – A gay couple were punished with a sentence of 76 lashes each in public at Bustanussalatin Park in the Acehnese provincial capital of Banda Aceh on Tuesday August 26.

Responding to today's caning of two men in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex sexual relations, Amnesty International's Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said:

Slamet Wibowo, Sidoarjo, E – Java.

Banda Aceh – A gay couple who were apprehended by officials in the Sari Park toilet in the Acehnese capital of Banda Aceh with the initials QH (20) and RA (21) were sentenced to 80 lash

Associated Press, Banda Aceh – An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious poli

Heru Yustanto, Bogor – A joint task force comprising the Criminal Investigation Unit, Bogor police, and Megamendung police raided a gay party held at a villa in the Puncak area, Bogor R

Responding to the arrest of 75 people in a raid on a gathering described by police as a "gay party" in the Indonesian city of Bogor, near the capital city of Jakarta, Amnesty Internatio

Bandung – Police raided a gay party event held at a villa in the Puncak area of Bogor, West Java, on Sunday June 22. During the raid, 75 people were arrested.

Julianus Palermo, Surabaya, E – Java.

Surabaya – Police have again arrested two people suspected of being involved in a gay network on social media. They are being charged under the anti-pornography law.

Surabaya – The East Java Regional Police (Polda) Cyber Directorate has arrested four people suspected of being involved in a same sex network or gay group on social media.

Fadiyah Alaidrus, Jakarta – A new bill in Parliament would widen the authority of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission and increase its ability to censor content on digital platforms,

Hanifah Salsabila, Faieq Hidayat, Jakarta – Police raided a gay sex party at a hotel in the Setiabudi area of South Jakarta on Sunday May 25.

Jakarta – Students who show indications of being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in Cianjur, West Java, will also be included in student development programs at Indonesian

Two men suspected of having a gay sex are canned in Aceh, the only Indonesian province with strict Sharia laws

Jordan Hirst – Human rights groups have slammed a conservative province in Indonesia for publicly flogging two men convicted of having consensual gay sex in a "horrifying act of discrim

Taufik Kelana, Banda Aceh – Two men were publicly caned in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province on Thursday after being convicted of engaging in same-sex relations under the province's strict Isla

Agus Rahmat, Banda Aceh – A gay couple who were caught in a boarding house by local residents were sentenced to caning at the Sari Park in the Acehnese provincial capital of Banda Aceh

Banda Aceh – Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operating under strict Islam

Responding to the flogging of two university students in Indonesia's Aceh province for having consensual same-sex sexual relations, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director Montse

Two male university students in a conservative province in Indonesia have been sentenced to flogging after neighbours caught them having consensual gay sex.

Banda Aceh – A gay couple with the initials AI and DA, who were caught having sex in a raid by local residents at a boarding houses in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, have been sentenced to

Jordan Hirst – Police in Indonesia have arrested 56 men at a private event in a Jakarta hotel which police described as a "gay sex party."

Responding to the recent raid, arrest, and detention of dozens of LGBTI people in a hotel in Jakarta, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police raided a gay party held at a hotel in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta on Saturday, detaining 56 individuals.