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Politics 4 years ago
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Provisions in latest KUHP bill may still curb freedoms: CSIS
Researchers and activists are concerned that the restoration of several provisions to the KUHP bill that the Constitutional Court threw out in previous years could be a setback to Indonesia’s already declining democracy.
Politics 4 years ago
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'Historic' revision aims to decolonize criminal code, but draconian provisions remain
Critics have repeatedly called for a review of problematic articles that they say may threaten democracy, such as one that makes insulting the head of state or other state officials illegal and another that requires protests to have prior government approval.
Politics 4 years ago
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Policymakers try to soften draconian provisions in Criminal Code bill
The government and lawmakers are trying to soften some draconian provisions in a bill aimed at replacing Indonesia’s colonial-era Criminal Code (KUHP) in an apparent bid to quell public outcry, as lawmakers seek to pass it before their recess next month.
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