JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An emotionally and physically abusive marriage of 11 years led Rani Miranti to join a fight club that has trained her in martial arts, enabling her to stand up against ...

Public flogging is a common punishment for certain victimless crimes in the Aceh province. Human Rights Watch has condemned the practice as "barbaric" and called for it to end. On Thursday, an ...

Hundreds of women wearing pink and wielding broomsticks marched to parliament in Indonesia's capital on Wednesday to protest against police abuses and wasteful government spending. Protests in Jakarta ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Women-only train carriages were launched this week in Jakarta in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, in an attempt to avert groping and sexual harassment on packed ...

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An Indonesian woman was held captive in a cave for 15 years by a local spiritual healer who regularly raped her, police say. The 28-year-old woman, identified only as “H”, was found Sunday in a ...

Within hours of the successful event — held for the second year running on the weekend before the March 8 International Women’s Day, with which it is linked — the group’s Instagram site and hashtags ...

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