Bias-motivated incidents in Indonesia

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13 incidents, newest first.

September 2026

• Husband sets wife on fire at boarding house in Bone

  A man doused his wife with gasoline and set her on fire at a boarding house in Watampone, Bone Regency, after accusing her of having an affair.

  Sep 12 · WatamponeSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

August 2026

• Woman allegedly beaten by husband in Semarang domestic violence case

  A 39-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by her husband at their home in Mangunharjo, Tugu, Semarang, suffering bruises, a swollen eye and a broken right hand.

  Aug 31 · SemarangSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Governor's bodyguard calls student a 'monkey' in Ambon scuffle

  A bodyguard of the Maluku governor blocked a student from Seram Utara who was trying to deliver a letter and called him a 'monkey', a racial slur, during a confrontation at Merdeka Field in Ambon.

  Aug 17 · AmbonRacism1 source

July 2026

• Man in Makassar accused of beating wife, abusing stepdaughter

  A 60-year-old man in Makassar allegedly beat his third wife with a wooden block, leaving her injured, and is accused of sexually abusing his 9-year-old stepdaughter.

  Jul 21 · MakassarSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man sets fire to mother-in-law's house, 11 homes destroyed; wife injured

  A man in Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, set fire to his mother-in-law's house using petrol, causing 11 homes to burn down.

  Jul 18 · LubuklinggauSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

June 2026

• Man kills wife at home in Angke, West Jakarta

  A 30-year-old man killed his wife at their home on Jalan Padamulya VIII in Angke, Tambora, West Jakarta.

  Jun 19 · JakartaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

May 2026

• Woman beaten to death by husband in Konawe Selatan

  A 24-year-old woman was found dead in her home in Ranomeeto, Konawe Selatan, after being beaten by her husband; an autopsy found 28 bruises and fatal blunt-force head trauma.

  May 30 · RanomeetoSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man kills wife and mother-in-law with steel bar in Kebumen

  A man attacked his wife and her mother with a threaded steel bar at the family home in Kebumen, Central Java, killing both.

  May 12 · KebumenSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man attacks wife with knife in Mojokerto, leaving her seriously injured

  A man attacked his wife with a kitchen knife at their rented home in Sumbertempur village, Puri district, Mojokerto, leaving her with serious facial injuries and trauma.

  May 6 · MojokertoSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

April 2026

• University of Indonesia law students' chat with sexual harassment of women exposed

  Screenshots of a group chat among 16 University of Indonesia law students containing vulgar remarks, sexually explicit jokes and objectification of female students and lecturers were shared publicly.

  Apr 12 · DepokSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Course manager allegedly hurls racist slurs, threats at parent and child

  At an English course in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, a manager allegedly directed racist slurs and verbal threats of violence at a parent and her 7-year-old daughter when the parent sought an explanation after the child fell.

  Apr 4 · JakartaRacism1 source

March 2026

• Housewife beaten and kicked by husband in South Bangka

  A 30-year-old housewife was repeatedly punched and kicked by her husband at their home in Tanjung Ketapang, South Bangka, after she returned from the beach.

  Mar 23 · Tanjung KetapangSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

February 2026

• Woman verbally abused with racist slurs on TransJakarta bus

  A male passenger on a TransJakarta bus verbally abused a woman passenger with racist slurs, which she recorded on video.

  Feb 16 · JakartaRacism1 source

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