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DER STANDARD

(Austria) - 06 Desember 2022

'Criminalization: Indonesia punishes extramarital sex'

In Indonesia, sex outside of marriage will be banned and punished with up to a year in prison. (...) Not only sex among unmarried people is forbidden. According to the law, couples are no longer allowed to live together before marriage. (...) However, the police can only start an investigation if a family member files a complaint. This point is seen as a compromise between Liberals and Conservatives in Parliament. Tourists on the holiday island of Bali, for example, should therefore hardly be affected by the law.

NZ HERALD

(Selandia Baru) - 6 Desember 2022

'Indonesia passes new penal code making extramarital sex illegal (...)'

(...) Rights groups criticised some of the revisions as overly broad or vague and warned that rushing them into the new criminal code could penalise normal activities and threaten freedom of expression and privacy rights.

(...) However, some advocates hailed it as a victory for the country’s LGBTQ minority. Lawmakers during a fierce deliberation session eventually agreed to repeal an article proposed by Islamic groups that would have made gay sex illegal.

Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that laws penalising criticism of public leaders are contrary to international law, and the fact that some forms of expression are considered insulting is not sufficient to justify restrictions or penalties.

“The danger of oppressive laws is not that they’ll be broadly applied, it’s that they provide avenue for selective enforcement,” said Andreas Harsono, a senior Indonesia researcher at the group. Many hotels, including in tourism areas like Bali and metropolitan Jakarta, will risk to lose their visitors, he added. “These laws let police extort bribes, let officials jail political foes, for instance, with the blasphemy law,” Harsono said.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Amerika Serikat) - 06 Desember 2022 - Sui-Lee Wee

'In Sweeping Legal Overhaul, Indonesia Outlaws Sex Outside Marriage'

(...) In a reversal, lawmakers on Tuesday reinstated a provision making it illegal to attack “the honor or dignity” of both Indonesia’s president and vice president, a rule that was struck down by the Constitutional Court in 2006. In recent years, however, tolerance for such criticism has waned. Last year, the authorities arrested an artist who created a mural criticizing Mr. Joko, and activists say they have been harassed and charged with defamation for speaking up on rights abuses.

Mr. Joko — known as a moderate, secular leader — has spoken out repeatedly against intolerant views in his country. In an interview with The New York Times last month, he said Indonesia has a vibrant democracy with frequent peaceful protests outside the presidential palace. “Even today, everyone can criticize the president and the government,” Mr. Joko said, speaking before the Group of 20 summit in Bali last month. “I believe that Indonesia’s democracy is moving on the right track.”

Andreas Harsono, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, said that the laws would give the police greater opportunities to extort bribes, and lead to more corruption. Politicians would also have more excuses to target political opponents, he added. “The danger of oppressive laws is not that they will be broadly applied — no, they won’t be — it is that they provide an avenue for selective enforcement,” Mr. Harsono said.

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