The UN has expressed concern over threats to civil liberties posed by Indonesia’s new criminal code, warning the revised laws could result in the erosion of press freedom, privacy and human rights in the world’s third-largest democracy. | Reuters
Other articles which officials say aim to uphold “Indonesian values” in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation criminalise sex outside of marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, the promotion of contraception to minors and abortion for non-rape victims.
“Some articles have the potential to criminalize journalistic work… Others would discriminate against, or have a discriminatory impact on, women, girls, boys and sexual minorities,” it said. Civil society groups have slammed the new laws saying the changes constitute a huge democratic setback, and pose a particular risk to LGBT people, who could be disproportionately impacted by the so-called morality clauses.
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