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We Met an All-Women Flogging Squad in Indonesia
Aceh, Indonesia’s only province with Sharia police, now has female floggers. “If the perpetrator is a woman, then the flogger should be a woman too.”
Suicide Bomber Attacks Police Station to Protest Indonesia's New Criminal Code
The bombing comes a day after the passage of a controversial ban on pre-marital sex, blasphemy, and the spreading of views counter to state ideology.
Sex Outside Marriage to Be Banned in Indonesia
Cohabitation before marriage, black magic and insulting the president will also be outlawed under a controversial new criminal code.
Top Secret Service Officer Accused of Raping Army Lieutenant at G20 Summit
Dozens of world leaders and VVIPs were protected by 18,000 military and police officers at the G20 Summit in Indonesia’s paradise island Bali.
Victims of Indonesia’s Deadly Stadium Stampede Are Being Dug From Their Graves
Desperate for justice, a father of two young girls broke down as he allowed their bodies to be exhumed from a cemetery in Java.
Calls to Defund Police After the World’s Deadliest Football Stampede
“What we saw in Malang is a culmination of years of political neglect to prioritise democratic police reforms.”
‘I Found My Brother, His Face Had Turned Blue’: Inside Indonesia’s Deadly Stadium Crush
At least 125 people have died, 32 of them children, with the youngest victim said to be only five years old.
Plantation Workers Relocated After Exposé on Child Labor and Working Conditions
A recent VICE World News report shed light on the child laborers earning $6 a day to spray poison for one of Indonesia’s biggest paper companies.
Monkeys Are Masturbating With Stone Sex Toys, Researchers Find
“There is some sort of tactile stimulation from the contact of those stones with their genitals and it feels good. And there is no reason to stop.”
Police Launch Probe Over Death of 11-Year-Old Forced to Have Sex With a Cat
After the death, one Indonesian official said it was “normal” for children to have sex with animals and that his friends had relations with chickens and bulls.
Why Do Tourists Keep Getting Naked at Sacred Sites?
With Bali’s rise in tourism, comes more headlines of naked, misbehaving tourists.
British Ambassador in Indonesia Summoned for Flying ‘Highly Insensitive’ Rainbow Flag
The summons comes amid growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the country, sparked by outrage over a podcast that hosted a gay couple having a conversation.