Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women on Friday slammed the Constitutional Court for its decision to reject a judicial review filed against the 2008

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – Bali People Component (KRB), a coalition of rights activists, pledged Thursday to continue opposition to the controversial pornography bill.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court almost unanimously turned down Thursday a judicial review filed against the controversial pornography law, but the ruling faile

Nurfika Osman, Anita Rachman & AP – Anti-pornography laws judged women's bodies according to religious and moral values, which was not only sexist but also designed to target them,

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court upheld Indonesia's controversial Anti-Pornography Law on Thursday, rejecting plaintiff's arguments that it failed to clearly define porn.

Nurfika Osman & Heru Andriyanto – The shock jailing under the country's controversial Antipornography Law of six women for putting on an erotic dance show in Bandung has left women'

Bandung – Prosecutors charged six people on Thursday under the country's Anti-Pornography Law for allegedly putting on a nude dance show at a bar in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Participants were met with applause, but also taunts when they stepped on the catwalk during a Miss Transvestite Aceh pageant on Saturday evening.

Norimitsu Onishi, Bandung – Known during colonial times as the "Paris of Java," this city is famous for its universities, cuisine, fashion and night life.

Olivia Rondonuwu – Plans to charge six Indonesians under a controversial anti-pornography law for staging a "sexy dance" during New Year celebrations sets a dangerous legal precedent, a

Bandung – Police said Monday they had named six people suspects for their role in staging a striptease on New Year's Eve at the Bellair Cafe and Music Lounge Paskal Hyper Square, Bandun

Police confirmed on Tuesday the arrest of six people for the alleged performance of a "sexy dance" at a cafe in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Padang – Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring said on Friday that his office had set the goal of completing the government's draft regulation against p

Nurfika Osman – A Halloween party in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Saturday night got more spooks than it hoped for when public order officers arrived to break up the festivities appar

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh government said on Friday that it would not let recently crowned Putri Indonesia Qori Sandioriva represent the province as she had failed to comply w

Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa, better known as Miyabi, will not be arriving in Indonesia.

Nurdin Hassan, Banda Aceh – In the latest religious dispute out of Aceh, a prominent group of Islamic clerics has denounced newly crowned Putri Indonesia Qori Sandioriva for "bringing s

Jakarta – A group of Jakarta locals will form a group to defend Japanese porn movie star Maria Ozawa, or Miyabi, who will visit Indonesia to shoot a comedy film.

Students set fire to women's underwear on Monday during a protest at an Islamic university against Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa, or Miyabi, who is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta to st

A demonstration against the rumored arrival of Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa, more popularly known as Miyabi, will take place in Jakarta on Friday along with three other protests.

Azis Edward – About 50 members of the Islam Defenders Front went to the office of Maxima Pictures on Friday to protest the planned involvement of porn star Maria Ozawa, better known as

Camelia Pasandaran – Graphic pornographic images made a return to the Constitutional Court on Thursday, much to the discomfort of some of the judges considering a judicial review filed

The West Java branch of the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party has been ordered to lose that loving feeling.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Bowing to the fact that love will be in the air next weekend, members of the country's leading Islamic-based political party, the Prosperous Justice Party, or

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – The association of tour guides at the Baturraden holiday resort in Banyumas, Central Java, has blamed the much-decried anti-pornography law for a slew of rece

Aubrey Belford, Kurulu – Wearing nothing but feathers and a long, tapering gourd jutting from his groin, Papuan tribesman Suroba says the Indonesian government cannot force him to wear

Hundreds of people rallied in the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali against a tough anti-pornography law branded by critics as a threat to religious freedom.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Despite both the public and administrative bodies in Bali refusing to enact the recently passed pornography bill, Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Teuku Ashikin Husein on Monday said his institution had no option but to enforce the new pornography law in the province.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Indonesian filmmakers had for decades been dealing with censorship in the name of politics and morality. And they have never been happy about it.

Denpasar – Despite Golkar's support for the recent passage of the controversial pornography law at the House of Representatives in Jakarta, Bali's chapter of the party has reiterated it

Dwi Riyanto A., Jakarta – Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government to immediately respond to a demand of West Papua's delegation over the approval of the porn

Ati Nurbaiti, Sanur, Bali – Women's groups, NGOs and lawyers said Wednesday they might file for a judicial review of the newly passed anti-pornography law, while activists called for pu

Jason Tedjasukmana, Jakarta – It's a moment that has been many years in the making.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Churches in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have rejected the passage of the anti-pornography bill, saying it neglects people's aspirations and could trigger disin

Eko Ari and Cunding Levi, Jakarta – West Papua Religious Community Forum chairman, Bram Maudoma, will urge voters in his region not to vote in the 2009 Elections.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Members of Bali's tourism industry declared their support Tuesday for efforts to legally challenge the recently passed pornography bill, calling the bill a

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – Following calls made by their Balinese leaders, many members of the island's public declared their intention to have the pornography bill reviewed or revoked jus

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – It is unlikely the recently passed anti-pornography bill will be enacted in several provinces as top officials there have announced they will not enforce it, leg

Pandaya, Jakarta – Last week's passage of the controversial antipornography law, a symbolic victory for conservative Muslims, can further undermine Indonesia's increasingly fragile reli

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Senior politician Theo L.

Laurencius Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Leaders from the Communion of Christian Churches (PGGK) covering five regencies and municipalities in West Papua province went to the House of Represen

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – For Santi, a 29-year-old staffer at a Jakarta law firm, the fun and carefree days of hanging out at a mall in a shoulder-exposing tank top may well be over.

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – In a move of defiance against the controversial pornography bill, Bali's governor and speaker of the provincial legislative council declared Friday the province

Dicky Christanto and Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika expressed concern about the House of Representatives' decision to pass the controversial porn bill i

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the contentious anti-pornography bill, defying months of protest from artists, pluralists and human rights groups

Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – At least 110 participants from 15 Asian countries grouped under the Kartini Asia Network (KAN) will discuss various gender issues, including the current contro

Jakarta – Indonesian lawmakers rammed a far-reaching anti-pornography law through parliament Thursday despite howls of protest by artists and religious minorities who say it threatens n

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament passed a bill banning pornography Thursday, ignoring opposition from lawmakers and rights groups who worry it will be used to justify att

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Most factions in the House of Representatives are pushing for the controversial pornography bill to be passed Thursday, despite a threat by the Indonesian Democr