Tag: indonesia
A couple in Indonesia has been sentenced to public flogging after being found guilty of engaging in same-sex activity, which remains criminalised in parts of the country.
According to the Human Dignity Trust, homosexuality is illegal in two Indonesian provinces—Aceh and South Sumatra—where punishments include up to eight years in...
A protest led by conservative Muslim groups in Jakarta, Indonesia, have called for the cancellation of British band Coldplay’s scheduled concert, citing the band’s vocal support for the LGBTQ+ community.
The demonstration, which saw nearly 100 participants, took place after Friday prayers and was orchestrated by the Islamist group 212...
Organisers of a Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ event in Indonesia have been forced to cancel the gathering due to security threats, highlighting the community's mounting challenges as religious groups exert increasing influence in the country.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, views homosexuality as a taboo subject, although it is...
Two men who were serving in the Indonesian military have been kicked out of the army and jailed for seven months after being convicted of conducting same-sex sexual relations.
Despite same-sex sexual relations being legal in most parts of Indonesia - with the exception of the province of Aceh, the...
The 27 and 29-year-old males were sentenced to 77 lashes under Aceh, Indonesia’s sharia law.
Human rights groups have condemned the public caning of two gay men in Aceh, Indonesia as brutal and medieval.
In what is believed to be the third case of public authorities in Aceh carrying out caning...
Nine men have been arrested and put on public display after Indonesian police detained them in a raid on a gay party at a hotel in Jakarta.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has called on Indonesian authorities to release the people detained after they were made to crouch in...
The Indonesian Army has been ordered by the Mayor of Padang to round up gay people so they can be exorcised or “guided” into becoming straight.
According to Indonesian news site Tirto, Mayor Mahyeldi Ansharullah called in the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to conduct a search to identify and arrest people suspected of being of...
