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Women won a major victory with the passing of the Elimination of Domestic Violence Law in 2004. The backlash occurred very quickly with the passing of the Pornography Law in 2008, pushed by the Islamist parties.
Lawmakers are expected to approve the sexual violence bill as a House of Representatives initiative in its plenary session on Tuesday, paving the way for the long-awaited bill to be deliberated with the government and putting it one step closer to being passed into law.
Although several government officials have expressed their support for the prosecutors’ demand for the death penalty for a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) teacher accused of the rape of his students, activists have questioned the deterrent effect of the death penalty in cases of sexual abuse.
Amnesty International Indonesia has recorded an increase in attacks against the country’s human rights defenders this year alongside continued restrictions on the exercise of free speech, developments the organization has called “alarming”.
Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Quomas has condemned the case, saying that his ministry would conduct a thorough investigation into all madrasahs and pesantren after concerns arose within the ministry that the case was just a tip of the iceberg.
