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Politics 9 months ago
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New KUHP, KUHAP meets legal pushback in Constitutional Court
At least 10 judicial review petitions against the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) have been filed with the Constitutional Court within four days after the new laws came into force.
Politics 9 months ago
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Authoritarian fears loom as new criminal code takes effect
Several articles of the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) may erode civil liberties and freedom of expression, especially rights to criticize government policies, according to pro-democracy activists and scholars.
Politics 3 years ago
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Lawmakers press ahead with Criminal Code revisions despite protests
Lawmakers are pressing ahead with plans to pass a revised Criminal Code on Tuesday that would dilute antigraft rules and civil liberties, insisting that they have taken public opinion into account despite civil society protests to the contrary.
Politics 3 years ago
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Delay penal code bill passage, critics say
The latest Criminal Code bill still contains provisions that could be used to curtail civil liberties and should not be passed into law yet, critics say, as the House of Representatives and the government aim to approve the legislation within the next few days.
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