UN Says Indonesia's Revised Penal Code to Have Sweeping Rights Impacts – The Diplomat
The revised code passed by parliament last week is likely to radically reorient the relationship between rulers and ruled.
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The revised code passed by parliament last week is likely to radically reorient the relationship between rulers and ruled.
A newly passed criminal code in Indonesia will make it illegal to criticise the government and severely curtail civil liberties. Rights activists say the new set of laws is a step back towards authoritarian rule.
The new laws also include a ban on insulting the president or state institutions and expressing views deemed to be counter to state ideology.
The passage came as protests against the new code erupted across the archipelago.
The amended criminal code makes sex outside marriage punishable by a year in jail and cohabitation by six months, but adultery charges must be based on police reports lodged by their spouse, parents or children.