Banda Aceh Mayor Aminullah Usman says he will revoke the business licenses of hotels in Banda Aceh that provide facilities for people to celebrate New Year.

Aceh is the only province in Indonesia given special autonomy to implement sharia-based laws.

Before it was shut down in 2014, Surabaya's Dolly was the largest red light district in Southeast Asia.

Banda Aceh – A district in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province has banned men and women from dining together unless they are married or related, according to an official who said i

In Aceh, the only province in Indonesia allowed to implement Islamic sharia based laws, women have often become victims of discrimination in the name of religion.

Apriadi Gunawan and Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Bireuen regency administration in Aceh province has issued a circular asking coffee shops, cafes and restaurants to ensure that m

Agus Setyadi, Aceh – Bireuen regent Saifannur has issued a new regulation on the "standardisation" of coffee shops, cafes and restaurants in the regency in accordance with Sharia law.

The infamous 2010 pornography case involving the leaked sex tapes of pop star Nazril Irham (better known as Ariel) was thrust back into the spotlight recently after a legal organization

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

Indonesian tattoo remover Sandi Widodo does a brisk business zapping sin from skin – at bargain-basement prices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Mataram (Antara) – The Mayor of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Barat, has banned the celebration of Valentine's Day in the city.

Jakarta – Authorities in Depok, West Java, have prohibited all students from celebrating Valentine's Day on Feb. 14.

Jakarta – Semarang Police questioned two vocational school students who allegedly spread a porn video that featured students.

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.

In Indonesia, bird-singing competitions have become a major obsession among many.

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

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.

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,

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.

Throughout much of Indonesia, government officials are becoming increasingly aware that the country is facing a hidden epidemic of gender-based violence.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 – 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.

What is it like to be a nudist in a country that prizes modesty and where public nudity is strictly forbidden?

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.

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.

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.

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