Indonesia

2022 - 12 - 6

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Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside marriage (BBC News)

The new laws will disproportionately punish women, LGBT people and religious minorities, critics say.

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Indonesia bans sex outside marriage as parliament passes ... (CNN)

Indonesian lawmakers unanimously passed a sweeping new criminal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside marriage, as part of a tranche of changes that ...

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Indonesia to ban insults against president under new criminal code (Financial Times)

We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Indonesian politics news every morning. Indonesia has legislated to outlaw insults against the ...

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Indonesia bans sex outside marriage in new criminal code (Reuters)

Indonesia's parliament approved a new criminal code on Tuesday that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, despite worries ...

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Sex Outside Marriage Will Be Illegal Under Indonesia's Sweeping ... (TIME)

The revised criminal code, which applies to both locals and foreigners, also penalizes insulting the country's president and vice president.

10th Annual U.S.-Indonesia Investment Summit Calls for Continued ... (uschamber.com)

Washington, D.C. / Jakarta, Indonesia – Today AmCham Indonesia and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted the 10th annual U.S.-Indonesia Investment Summit in ...

It will be important that the agreement is implemented vigorously, and at the same time, Indonesia creates an optimal environment that will incentivize investment in upstream and downstream renewable and sustainable energy projects. As Indonesia recovers from the COVID-induced downturn, the private sector has been working closely with Indonesia to articulate policies that will drive health security and provide better access. Indonesia’s recently passed Personal Data Protection bill is monumental, and AmCham Indonesia and the U.S. During the Summit, participants discussed ways to address the policy priorities that are key to unlocking greater trade and investment between the U.S. / Jakarta, Indonesia – Today AmCham Indonesia and the U.S. The event concluded with a call for Indonesia to continue its economic reform program, particularly in key areas such as the digital economy, public health, energy transition, and financial services.

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What Expats and Tourists Need to Know About New Sex Laws in ... (Bloomberg)

Indonesia's new criminal code outlawing sex outside marriage and potentially curbing free speech will apply to citizens and foreigners in the country, ...

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Indonesia 'sex ban': Criminal code changes threaten other freedoms (BBC News)

There are concerns the revised criminal code could threaten democracy, human rights and free speech.

"This is one of the most dangerous part of the new criminal code. This originated in the idea that customary law, known in Indonesia as adat, which still governs some aspects of life in parts of the country, should be incorporated to prevent conflicts between it and the official criminal code. It is not about your sex life, they have been writing, but our civil rights. Evi Mariani, at the public journalism group Project Multatuli, has posted her concern on Twitter about the threat to journalists from article 263, which stipulates a four-year prison sentence for anyone found guilty of spreading news which is suspected of being false and causing public disturbances. The revised criminal code which has been approved this week by the Indonesian parliament is getting the kind of publicity rarely given to arcane changes in another country's legal system. Human rights groups have identified 17 articles which they believe threaten the freedoms won since the return to democratic rule in the 1990s.

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