Barbed wire covers the gate outside Parliament as activists hold a protest against Indonesia's new criminal code, in Jakarta, Dec. 6, 2022. Barbed wire covers the gate outside Parliament as activists ...

Indonesia has passed a new criminal code that prevents anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts political freedoms. Sex outside of marriage and living together without being ...

Indonesia’s new Criminal Code, effective in 2026, criminalizes sex outside marriage and unmarried cohabitation. While enforcement is complaint-based and unlikely to target tourists, the law raises ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian parliament passed a new criminal code on December 6, 2022, containing provisions that seriously violate international human rights law and standards, Human Rights Watch said ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major ...

The start of 2026 has brought cautious optimism to Indonesia’s religious minority communities following the ratification of a new Criminal Code that promises greater protection for freedom of worship ...

The Growth of China’s Navy: Past, Present, and Future Later this month, Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new and controversial draft criminal code that will penalize sex outside marriage ...