India's top court declines to legalise same-sex marriage
The court ruling comes five years after a historic 2018 judgement when the Supreme Court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex.
Tue Oct 17 2023
Singapore's top court dismisses attempt to overturn gay sex ban
Singapore's highest court on Monday dismissed a challenge by three gay rights activists against a law criminalising sex between men.
Mon Feb 28 2022
New police taskforce to target Indonesian gays
The move likely to fuel concerns of a widening crackdown on the community in the Muslim-majority country.
Wed May 24 2017
Two men publicly caned in Indonesia for having gay sex
Religious police in Indonesia caned two men for gay sex on Tuesday, with hooded men inflicting 82 lashes on each of them as hundreds of people watched the punishment ordered by an Islamic court.
Tue May 23 2017
Two Indonesians sentenced to 85 lashes of cane for gay sex
An Islamic court in Indonesia has sentenced two men to 85 lashes of the cane for having sex together, judges in the conservative province of Aceh said.
Wed May 17 2017
Two Indonesians face 100 strokes of cane if found guilty of gay sex
Aceh is the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia that criminalises same-sex relations and that uses sharia as its legal code in addition to the national criminal code.
Mon Apr 10 2017
Indonesian court mulls gay sex ban
Indonesia's Constitutional Court is considering making gay sex a crime.
Thu Aug 04 2016
India parliament blocks MP's bill to decriminalise gay sex
Parliamentarians from India's right-wing government on Friday blocked a private member's bill to decriminalise gay sex, in a setback for sexual freedom in the world's biggest democracy.
Fri Dec 18 2015
Indonesia's Aceh to vote on caning to punish gay sex
Lawmakers in Indonesia's Aceh will vote Friday on whether to make gay sex punishable by 100 lashes of the cane.
Fri Sep 26 2014
Indonesian Aceh proposes 100 lashes for gay sex
Gay sex could be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane in Indonesia's staunchly conservative Aceh province if parliament passes a draft law that critics say violates basic human rights.
Sat Sep 20 2014