Activists hold up posters, which read “Reject the revised penal code” and “Revised criminal law shackles press freedom”, during a rally against Indonesia’s new criminal law in Yogyakarta on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Indonesian groups decry ‘destruction of democracy’ as new criminal code curbs sex, free speech
- Activists say the new code is another tool Jakarta could use to suppress dissent and free speech, supervise citizens’ private lives
- Controversial changes are seen as setback for world’s third-largest democracy, but government says new code is ‘reformative, progressive’
Activists hold up posters, which read “Reject the revised penal code” and “Revised criminal law shackles press freedom”, during a rally against Indonesia’s new criminal law in Yogyakarta on Tuesday. Photo: AP
