A few months ago, the (literally) shitty punishment forced on a couple accused of allegedly getting intimate out of wedlock in Aceh shocked and disgusted the world, even by the ultra co
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July 30, 2018
July 29, 2018
Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin – at bargain-basement prices.
June 6, 2018
Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) founder Rizieq Shihab's days as a fugitive in Saudi Arabia might be coming to an end soon, with Indonesian police now saying that the pornography charge ag
May 28, 2018
A pornographic video clip showing a man who many online have alleged to look like Aryo Djojohadikusumo, a member of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) and the nephew of Gerindra
May 7, 2018
A female runner participating in a race in Jogjakarta, Central Java, was allegedly sexually harassed in a village the race route passed through while being aggressively confronted by a
April 17, 2018
The East Java Provincial Police arrested three married couples for alleged swinging in the city of Malang yesterday in yet another case of consensual sex in a private setting being crim
April 16, 2018
Police in the town of Jepara, Central Java, arrested two event organizers for a motorcycle community party in which at least three girls in bikinis were dancing amidst a raucous crowd o
April 13, 2018
Moral vigilantes who publicly shame those they accuse of adultery, premarital sex, or other "immoral acts" (even if such acts were carried out with consent) in Indonesia often go unpuni
March 7, 2018
As the only province in Indonesia that is allowed to enact explicitly sharia-based laws, Aceh criminalizes everything from selling alcohol to homosexuality to adultery and even the simp
February 15, 2018
Jakarta – Valentine's Day was banned in some Indonesian cities as police rounded up amorous couples, giving the official kiss-off to a tradition which critics say does not deserve any l
February 14, 2018
Valentine's Day was banned in some Indonesian cities Wednesday as police rounded up amorous couples, giving the official kiss-off to a tradition which critics say doesn't deserve any lo
Jakarta – Valentine's Day has no value and therefore celebrating it should be forbidden, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has said.
February 13, 2018
Jakarta – Authorities in Depok, West Java, have prohibited all students from celebrating Valentine's Day on Feb. 14.
Mataram (Antara) – The Mayor of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Barat, has banned the celebration of Valentine's Day in the city.
January 27, 2018
Jakarta – Semarang Police questioned two vocational school students who allegedly spread a porn video that featured students.
January 23, 2018
Jakarta – Two men aged 21 and 31 were arrested in Depok, West Java, on Saturday evening for allegedly uploading a video of themselves having sex onto the internet.
January 18, 2018
In Indonesia, bird-singing competitions have become a major obsession among many.
January 16, 2018
Jakarta – A young couple in Belapunranga village in Gowa regency, South Sulawesi, has been forced to marry in a traditional ceremony after being caught alone at a rambutan farm by local
December 21, 2017
While modern laws exist in Indonesia, cultural traditions still play a huge part in the lives of people in many parts of the country, including for punishing immorality.
December 20, 2017
Jakarta – The Bengkulu Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) is drafting a regional bylaw on child protection and family resilience that stipulates proper dress and bans "sexy clothing" in public,
December 19, 2017
Jakarta – With pornographic content flooding the internet, the government is set to use a censorship machine starting next year to surf the net to block porn.
December 18, 2017
Throughout much of Indonesia, government officials are becoming increasingly aware that the country is facing a hidden epidemic of gender-based violence.
December 16, 2017
Jakarta – In response to residents' complaints about social problems in several areas of West Jakarta, the Social Support, Observation and Control (P3S) taskforce of the West Jakarta Social Affairs
December 14, 2017
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has narrowly rejected a petition to outlaw extramarital and gay sex after more than a year of fierce debate.
Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday narrowly rejected a petition asking it to criminalize all sex outside marriage, in a blow to religious conservative
Many people were waiting with bated breath this morning to see how Indonesia's Constitutional Court would finally rule on a petition, filed by representatives of conservative Islamic organization,
Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – One of the 12 petitioners who sought to ban premarital sex and same-sex relationships through a judicial review petition at the Constitutional Court has said that the cour
Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police have said they will provide security for the planned rallies against the annual electronic music festival Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) set to be held at JIExpo,
Jakarta – A Constitutional Court ruling that rejected a petition to outlaw extramarital and gay sex on Thursday has drawn mixed reactions from netizens.
December 7, 2017
I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The first ever collective flagging campaign was undertaken on Wednesday to alert popular video sharing service YouTube on what the Balinese have deemed an offensive in
December 4, 2017
Many lovers of electronic dance music in Jakarta and around Asia are looking forward to this year's edition of the Djakarta Warehouse Project, touted as the biggest EDM festival in the region, whic
Pornography is strictly illegal in Indonesia, which makes what appeared on the official Twitter account of the country's Foreign Ministry account at around 7 pm yesterday all the more shocking.
November 30, 2017
The city of Solo in Central Java had a good thing going – previously its citizens were allowed 24/7 access to free wifi provided at kecamatan (district) offices throughout the city.
November 17, 2017
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia has threatened to bar the world's biggest social-media providers from operating in the country unless they comply with stringent demands to filter pornography and ot
November 16, 2017
After arresting four moral vigilantes suspected of parading a young couple naked through the streets of a village in Tangerang Regency on Saturday, authorities have captured two more responsible fo
Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has condemned an assault of a couple accused of having premarital sex in Tangerang, saying the act was inhumane and de
October 26, 2017
Jakarta – Depok Police are conducting a cyber patrol to find the suspects behind the circulation of a porn video allegedly involving an alumna of University of Indonesia in West Java.
October 22, 2017
What is it like to be a nudist in a country that prizes modesty and where public nudity is strictly forbidden?
September 12, 2017
Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Just months after two gay men were publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh, a woman has received hospital treatment after receiving 100 lashes.
August 29, 2017
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police maintain that they will not drop the investigation into the pornography case involving leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab.
August 18, 2017
Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) fireband cleric Rizieq Shihab has been questioned in Saudi Arabia regarding his alleged role in an on-going pornography case, said National Police chief Gen.
August 13, 2017
Jakarta – Jakarta Police investigators have apprehended Tri Sutrisno, 25, an English teacher at a private senior high school in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, for allegedly sending pornographic phot
July 31, 2017
Jakarta – Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin has urged Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab to come home to Indonesia and face the legal case being brought against him.
July 8, 2017
Krithika Varagur, Jakarta, Indonesia – According to followers of a popular Indonesian social movement, the country would be better off without dating.
June 22, 2017
Jakarta – Lawyers representing firebrand Islamic Defenders Front cleric Rizieq Shihab have urged the authorities to terminate an investigation into a pornography case allegedly involving him, due t
June 20, 2017
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have postponed the investigation into the pornography case involving Islam Defenders Front (FPI) cleric Rizieq Shihab.
June 13, 2017
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) destroyed more than 12,400 bottles of illegal alcoholic beverages they seized in five municipalities across the city since Ja
June 12, 2017
Jakarta – Police have yet to issue a so-called red notice for Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, who is a suspect in a pornography case.
June 9, 2017
Jakarta – Some 500,000 people are expected to join a rally to defend fugitive firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab on Friday although the police and mosque caretakers have not given a permit.
Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) patron Rizieq Shihab's lawyer, Kapitra Ampera, has said his team is set to apply for a pre-trial hearing to challenge the Jakarta Police's decision to name the