Expand LGBT activists protest the planned revision to Indonesia´s criminal code outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo (Jakarta) - The Indonesian parliament should substantially revise the proposed new criminal code to meet international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The current bill contains articles that will violate the rights of women, religious minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, as well as freedom of speech and association. `Indonesia´s draft criminal code is disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for all Indonesians,` said Andreas Harsono , senior Indonesia...
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