Indonesia's New Criminal Code Requires Public Oversight, Minister Says JAKARTA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code, which will make crimes ‌of premarital sex and insulting the state ...

ivil groups have warned the newly effective Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) can undermine civil liberties and risk pushing the country toward an authoritarian state amid ...

Homicides in the nation's capital are up 30% so far in 2023. Pending changes to the century-old criminal code of Washington, D.C., are now at the center of political controversy in Congress and an ...

JAKARTA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code, which will make crimes of premarital sex and insulting the state when it takes effect on January 2, will need public oversight to help ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian parliament passed a new criminal code on December 6, 2022, containing provisions that seriously violate international human rights law and standards, Human Rights Watch said ...

JAKARTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code ushers in a raft of new laws, including banning sex outside of marriage, insulting the president, and expressing any view that runs counter to ...

Indonesia has passed an overhauled criminal code that experts and activists say will weaken environmental protections and make it easier to persecute environmental defenders. Among the controversial ...

Barbed wire covers the gate outside Parliament as activists hold a protest against Indonesia's new criminal code, in Jakarta, Dec. 6, 2022. Reporter Indonesia’s parliament passed long-awaited ...

President Joe Biden has said he won't veto the move. The Senate on Wednesday voted by a lopsided margin to halt much debated changes to Washington, D.C.'s, century-old criminal code, a move supported ...