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Thousands protest as Indonesia set to pass law punishing sex outside marriage

New criminal code set to pass into law Tuesday also curtails other civic freedoms, rights activists say.

The planned trip by Special Envoy Jessica Stern came under fire from Indonesia’s top clerical organization.

Same-gender sex is not illegal except in Aceh, but some Muslims view it as “dangerous.”

The panel ruled for the EU, calling it the “most trade-restrictive measure that could be applied.”

Foreign Minister Penny Wong also called for caution on “nationalistic domestic posturing" in the U.S. and China.

The panel ruled for the EU, calling it the “most trade-restrictive measure that could be applied.”

2022-12-07

Umar Patek assembled the bombs used in Indonesia’s worst terror attack that killed 202 people.

2022-12-06

U.S. ambassador to Indonesia warns that morality articles in the revised criminal code could be a disincentive for foreign investment.

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