Rights groups have long warned the new law, which has been decades in the making, would violate the rights of women, minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as well as undermine freedom of speech.
It can impose a punishment of up to one year in jail for extramarital sex. Rights groups have long warned the new law, which has been decades in the making, would violate the rights of women, minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender people, as well as undermine freedom of speech.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
She said: “For the business sector, the implementation of this law will create legal uncertainty and make investors reconsider investing in Indonesia.” Rights groups have warned that the legislation, which also bans expressing any views counter to Indonesia’s state ideology and criminalizes abortion, with the exception of rape victims, will have sweeping consequences for Indonesian society, police morality and increase discrimination.
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