Ban on sex outside marriage: Indonesia House okays legislation
Indonesia's parliament yesterday approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights in the world's most populous Muslim country. A revision of Indonesia's criminal code, which stretches back to the Dutch colonial era, has been debated for decades. Rights groups had protested against the amendments, denouncing a crackdown on civil liberties and political freedoms. The new code, which still needs to be approved by president Joko Widodo, will come into force after three years. According to the text seen by AFP, sex outside of marriage will be punished with one year in prison while unmarried people living together could face six months in jail.
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