Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara has warned people not to repost a viral video showing a near-naked woman walking along the street on social medi

Helen Pausacker – In an ironic twist of fate, Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesia's self-appointed moral police, the vigilante Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), was named a suspect in a high-profil

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have officially put the name of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader and firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab on their wanted list.

Jakarta – The grand imam of Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, a progressive Muslim thinker named Nasaruddin Umar, is urging the leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, to set a good exam

Jakarta – A day after the Jakarta Police declared Islam Defenders Front (FPI) firebrand leader Rizieq Shihab a suspect in a pornography case, they issued on Tuesday a warrant for his arrest.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police named Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader and firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab a suspect in a pornography case on Monday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have asked the family of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) firebrand leader Rizieq Shihab to persuade him to return to Indonesia from Saudi Arabia to help in the investigatio

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have named Firza Husein, the coordinator of the Solidaritas Sahabat Cendana Foundation (SSC) and treason suspect, a suspect in a separate pornography case.

Jakarta – The National Police have said that a face recognition analysis confirmed that the naked woman who appeared in sex chats allegedly involving Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shiha

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have confiscated a cell phone belonging to firebrand Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police will issue a summons to firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab regarding his alleged involvement in a pornographic texting scandal following his return from a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab and his reported "girlfriend" Firza Husein failed to show up at Jakarta Police headquarters on Tuesday for questioning in an alleged sexti

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise has said that, based on data from Interpol and the National Police, 25,000 child pornography activities took place in the

Jimmy Nsubuga – A man and woman have been publicly lashed in Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh region for allegedly having sex outside of marriage.

Agnes Anya, Tangerang – Dangdut groups in Tangerang, Banten, have chosen to comply with a recent ban on the use of revealing outfits by female singers during their performances.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java administration has issued a circular banning students in the conservative province from celebrating Valentine's Day, saying the Western tradition was against prev

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Human rights defenders fought back at the Constitutional Court on Thursday as they presented an expert witness who says the state should not intervene in private affairs in a

Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights this week defended the fundamental right to privacy in a Constitutional Court case hinging on a petition to criminalize adult consensu

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Experts taking the witness stand at the Constitutional Court argued that allowing extramarital sex between unmarried couples and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Thursday's hearing at the Constitutional Court (MK) again saw a fierce debate about criminalizing consensual sex outside marriage between unmarried couples, with representati

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The Surakarta administration temporarily closed the operations of Social Kitchen Lounge and Bar in Banjarsari following the alleged raid by the Surakart

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Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Two Indonesian top judicial authorities decided to dismiss a top local religious court judge in Padang Panjang in West Sumatra on Tuesday for what they deemed as her "im

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – In the face of a booming tourism industry in its area, the Banyuwangi regional administration in East Java has pledged to ensure that management of the sector would stay

Tangerang – The Tangerang Police in Banten have called on all dangdut singers to wear "proper" costumes and avoid "pornographic" behavior when performing on stage in the regency.

Jakarta – An Indonesian minister's suggestion that doors should be removed from college dormitories to prevent promiscuity has been greeted with outrage and befuddlement.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In her crusade to protect the country from promiscuity and homosexuality, which she considers a "disease", Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has suggest

Muhammad Tanziel Aziezi – Over the past few months the Constitutional Court has been hearing a case that could have serious implications for the rights of Indonesians.

Jakarta – Police have arrested an information technology expert who allegedly hacked the system of a jumbotron on Jl.

Jakarta – Police have questioned at least 10 people in an investigation of displayed pornographic material on a videotron, or outdoor video advertising screen, in South Jakarta on Friday (30/09).

Jakarta – Police have started an investigation into an incident in South Jakarta on Friday afternoon (30/09) that saw pornographic material being displayed on a so-called videotron, or outdoor vide

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) member Ahmad Basarah has warned teachers on the dangers of liberalism, saying that it has drugged the nation.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The political force aiming to outlaw the production, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages has collapsed against a wall of opposition, as lawmakers share their pessi

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Experts doubt an alcohol ban would result in the desired effect intended by the liquor prohibition bill and therefore they are urging lawmakers to consider alternative sol

Jakarta – Legal activists warned Thursday that criminalizing extramarital and gay sex, as is being sought by a conservative Islamic group, would count as a violation of the Constitution, which rega

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – A public policy expert from the Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO) has lambasted the alcohol prohibition bill currently under discussion at the House of Representat

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – An Indonesian bishop has accused local authorities in Papua of ignoring an alcohol ban they introduced earlier this year, saying their inaction has contributed to a spate of

Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Coalition (KPI) faced off with the Association of Islamic Wives at a Constitutional Court (MK) hearing on Thursday, presenting opposing arguments about whether crim

Arya Dipa, Bandung – In West Java, a religiously conservative province that implements sharia-inspired bylaws, curfews are the norm and gender equality is a thing of fantasy.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In the latest hearing pertaining to a judicial review petition to outlaw sex outside of marriage at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, a heated debate ensued between

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has expressed its opposition to a judicial review filed by a civil organization that would criminalize extramarital se

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With conservative academics dominating the hearings of a judicial review request to outlaw extra-marital sex at the Constitutional Court (MK), where they lashed out at

Jakarta – Expert witnesses from a group of scholars and activists that requested the revision of three articles (284, 285, and 292) in the Criminal Code (KUHP) on adultery and sodomy defended their

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Any sexual relations outside marriage could soon be outlawed in this country, with some Constitutional Court (MK) justices signaling their support for the idea, which

Arya Dipa, Bandung – With growing Islamic conservatism in the country, spiritualism has become a popular leisure activity – or at least that's what a local administration has in mind.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan "Emil" Kamil says he has not given the nod to a program for Islamic preachers to board city buses and give sermons.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on the House of Representatives to ensure that the prohibition bill, which it is deliberating, will not negatively affect

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Arya Dipa, Bandung – For a young woman to produce rice noodle snacks in packaging that ignites consumers' curiosity is creativity at best.

Hans Nicholas Jong and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – After telling instant messaging applications to remove stickers featuring same-sex couples and blurring pictures of cleavages on television, the