A newly passed criminal code in Indonesia will make it illegal to criticize the government and severely curtail civil liberties. Rights activists say the new set of laws is a step back towards authoritarian rule.
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JAKARTA Jakarta’s recent episode of world-beating air pollution has highlighted what activists describe as belligerent inaction by the Indonesian government to address the source of the problem, even in the face of a ruling by the nation’s top court ordering it to act. On June 20, readings for PM2.5, a class of airborne pollutants […]
A row that erupted ahead of the passage of Indonesia’s controversial new criminal code has continued to deepen after talks between an alliance of legal and civil liberties groups and the government to discuss the legislation broke down
A row that erupted ahead of the passage of Indonesia's controversial new criminal code has continued to deepen after talks between an alliance of legal and civil liberties groups and the government to discuss the legislation broke down. The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights invited the National Alliance for Criminal Code Reform to discuss issues related to the.