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Why Indonesia is descending into legal darkness

Academia 2 months ago

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Why Indonesia is descending into legal darkness

The everyday legal landscape of the country is rife with violence, torture, extrajudicial killings and criminalization through investigations intended to perpetuate wrongdoing.

Prabowo embraces criticism but new penal code draws free speech concerns

Politics 2 months ago

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Prabowo embraces criticism but new penal code draws free speech concerns

President Prabowo Subianto has said that he welcomes criticism as a necessary part of governance. But the newly effective Criminal Code (KUHP) that makes insulting a sitting president and the government a crime has raised concern over restrictions on criticism.

Which is more brutal, the Thai military or the Myanmar junta?

Academia 1 year ago

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Which is more brutal, the Thai military or the Myanmar junta?

The military and conservative royal supporters will grow stronger and emerge as the most powerful force in Thai politics.

Lampung comedian gets 7 months jail for blasphemous wisecrack

Archipelago 1 year ago

Lampung comedian gets 7 months jail for blasphemous wisecrack

Aulia Rakhman, a comedian from Lampung province, was found guilty of spreading hatred through stand-up jokes at a campaign event for presidential candidate Anies Baswedan in December, Lampung prosecutor's office spokesperson Ricky Ramadhan told AFP.

Thaksin charged with royal insult

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Thaksin charged with royal insult

Thailand has some of the world's strictest royal defamation laws protecting King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family, with each charge bringing a potential 15-year prison sentence.

Philippines defence minister calls out China official for "gutter-level talk"

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Philippines defence minister calls out China official for "gutter-level talk"

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro in a statement also accused spokesperson Mao Ning of "spouting state-sanctioned propaganda and disinformation".

Jokowi shrugs off Rocky Gerung's insult

Politics 2 years ago

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Jokowi shrugs off Rocky Gerung's insult

When asked to comment on the insult from rocky, who called the President a scoundrel, Jokowi said he would not make a big deal out of the verbal abuse.

Another landmark ruling

Editorial 3 years ago

Another landmark ruling

Similar provisions in the old criminal code had been revoked by the Constitutional Court in 2006 and 2007, respectively, on the grounds that they undermined freedom of expression.

Sex, schizophrenia and the historical irony of Indonesia’s criminal code

Academia 3 years ago

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Sex, schizophrenia and the historical irony of Indonesia’s criminal code

Politicians, even in secular parties such as Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), use religion and “moral” issues to obtain political support.

Punitive legal code

Editorial 3 years ago

Punitive legal code

Rather than driving the country's progress toward our independence centennary, the latest RKUHP seems to indicate that we still haven’t gained our freedom from our colonial legacy.

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