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In 2017, two young [[gay men]] (aged 20 and 23) were sentenced to being [[Caning|caned]] in front of the public in the Aceh province.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|title=Indonesia's Aceh: Two gay men sentenced to 85 lashes|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39945651|date=17 May 2017|work=[[BBC News Online]]|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823035156/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39945651|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Two Men Publicly Caned in Indonesia for Having Gay Sex|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/two-men-publicly-caned-indonesia-having-gay-sex-n763511|date=23 May 2017|access-date=23 May 2017|publisher=[[NBC News]]|agency=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428055142/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/two-men-publicly-caned-indonesia-having-gay-sex-n763511|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, police launched multiple raids on [[gay sauna]]s under the pretext of pornography-related offences. In May 2017, 141 men were arrested for a "gay sex party" in the capital [[Jakarta]];<ref>{{cite news|title=Indonesian police arrest 141 men over 'gay sex party'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39996508|date=22 May 2017|work=[[BBC News Online]]|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521012439/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39996508|url-status=live}}</ref> ten were charged.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20170522165734-12-216468/polisi-bantah-telanjangi-141-gay-di-kelapa-gading | title=Polisi Bantah Telanjangi 141 Gay di Kelapa Gading }}</ref> Another raid took place in October 2017, when Indonesian police raided a sauna in [[Central Jakarta]] popular with gay men, arresting 51 people, although only six were charged, including the spa owner.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3674701/pemilik-spa-yang-dipakai-51-pria-disangka-gay-jadi-tersangka | title=Pemilik Spa yang Dipakai 51 Pria Disangka Gay Jadi Tersangka }}</ref> An over-broad interpretation of the ''Pornography Act'', coupled with government inaction, has enabled the police to use it in targeting LGBT people.<ref>{{cite news | work = Human Rights Watch | date = 8 October 2017 | title = Indonesian Police Raid 'Gay Party', Government Inaction Fosters Police Use of Pornography Law to Target LGBT People | author = Andreas Harsono | url = https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/08/indonesian-police-raid-gay-party | access-date = 9 October 2017 | archive-date = 9 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180209001131/https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/08/indonesian-police-raid-gay-party | url-status = live }}</ref>
The SCMP opinioned in a 2024 article that LGBTQ rights were diminishing in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-25 |title=Indonesians in Australia rue diminishing LGBTQ rights back home |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3253037/amid-mardi-gras-buzz-indonesians-australia-rue-diminishing-lgbtq-rights-back-home |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
==Legality of same-sex sexual activity==
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