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View all search resultsThe House of Representatives has approved President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s request to grant amnesty to Saiful Mahdi, a lecturer at Syiah Kuala University in Aceh, who was imprisoned last month for defamation under the controversial Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law.
Amnesty International Indonesia has condemned the Indonesian Military (TNI) for the recent imprisonment and dismissal of a soldier for having same-sex intercourse with another officer, calling the sentence unjust and dangerous to the community.
The sexual violence bill (RUU PKS) has been criticized for being proadultery. That’s what Maimon Herawati, Farah Qoonita and Zahra Maulidinah, three conservative Muslim women who set up petitions against the RUU PKS, claim. They assert that the bill makes it possible for sexual behaviors forbidden by religion (Islam) — casual sex, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender sex, etc., to be accommodated.
Baiq Nuril Maqmun, a West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) woman convicted for defaming her alleged sexual harasser, seems set to receive presidential amnesty after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo sent a letter recommending amnesty to the House of Representatives.
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