Devana Senanayake – 'My crotch does not belong to the government,' read a board held up in a protest against a series of proposed updates to the Dutch-era criminal code in Indonesia.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly lambasted critics of the criminal code bill for pointlessly debating articles that had actually become law fo

A lawmaker from the House of Representatives (DPR) claimed yesterday that foreigners visiting Indonesia "need not worry" about articles criminalizing sex outside of marriage contained

Peter Hackney – A lawmaker from Indonesia's House of Representatives has claimed foreigners "need not worry" about proposed laws criminalising extramarital sex, contained in the draft

Julia Hollingsworth – Thousands of student protesters have taken to the streets of Indonesia to oppose a controversial draft criminal code that would make consensual sex outside of mar

Hotman Siregar & Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, or DPR, agrees to postpone deliberations on the controversial Criminal Code bill until lawmakers elected i

Jakarta – Thousands of students rallied in cities across Indonesia on Tuesday (Sept 24) against proposed changes to the criminal code that they say would threaten civil liberties.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Legal Commission Deputy Erma Suryani Ranik says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed no objections upon erasing

Jakarta (Antara) – National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan announced that the party will completely support President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call on the House of Representatives (D

Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Friday he wanted parliament to delay its vote on the country's proposed new criminal code.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) law commission deputy Desmond J.

Yustinus Paat & Dina Fitri Anisa, Jakarta – The proposed criminal code bill as it stands today will be a bane in Indonesia's effort to attract foreign investments and tourists, pol

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah insisted that the new Criminal Code Draft Bill (RKUHP) must be enacted as scheduled despite direct ord

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Member of the Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS) fraction Nasir Djamil, expressed his disagreement following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction to post

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The head of a government team tasked with drafting the new criminal code said on Friday he would complete his job to end a century-old judicial system inherite

Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati has questioned why President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not intervene in the deliberation and enactment of other c

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has asked Parliament to delay passing draconian new laws that would have jailed unmarried couples for having s

Jakarta – Amid mounting criticisms rejecting the controversial revisions of the Criminal Code, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for the House of Representatives to hold off on

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The draft revisions of Law No.

Emma Connors – The Indonesian government has urged foreigners to read the fine print in proposed legislative changes that appear to enable prosecution of same-sex relationships and sex

Alana Mazzoni and Alison Bevege – Australians have already started cancelling their holidays to Bali over fears they could be arrested ahead of Indonesia's threat to make sex outside o

Tasha Wibawa – The Federal Government has updated its travel advice for Indonesia, warning tourists they could be jailed for having sex outside of marriage if proposed laws are passed.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo, has ordered his government to postpone the ratification of a deeply controversial criminal code that would outlaw living togeth

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to postpone the enactment of the Draft Criminal Code (RKU

Indonesia's much criticized draft revisions to the Criminal Code (RKUHP) will not be passed by the House of Parliament (DPR) next week, as it was widely reported, after President Joko

Nicola Smith – Indonesia is poised to update its penal code to impose jail terms or steep fines on anyone having consensual sex outside of marriage.

Helen Regan and Masrur Jamaluddin – Indonesia is set to pass a highly controversial new penal code that would criminalize consensual sex outside of marriage and effectively outlaw same

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Refly Harun said the existence of an article about insulting the president/vice president in the Criminal Code Bill or RKUHP i

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to pass a new criminal code that could outlaw living together outside marriage, extramarital sex and insulting the president, among a raft of chan

Jakarta – The Indonesian parliament should substantially revise the proposed new criminal code to meet international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today.

Among the many, many concerns activists have about a draft revision to Indonesia's Criminal Code (RKUHP), which is set to be passed by the House of Representatives (DPR) later this mon

A major revision to Indonesia's national criminal code (RKUHP) has been heavily criticized by activists who warn that the bill contains several severely problematic articles, but, rath

Jakarta – The Social Alliance for Democratic Justice (AMUKK) held a protest action opposing the first stage in the enactment of the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) in front of the House of

James Massola, Jakarta – Extra marital sex, homelessness, criticism of the President and spreading communist ideology would all be crimes – and attract jail time – under looming sweepi

Dian Kurniati and Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) has been widely criticised as being undemocratic.

Indonesia is hurtling toward major changes to its criminal law.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesia is set to resurrect a colonial-era regulation that could lead to the imprisonment of people who insult the president, in a move critics say demonstrates t

A long-debated overhaul to Indonesia's Criminal Code is currently being discussed in the House of Representatives (DPR) and officials say they are going to try and pass it before the c

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) investigators claim to have uncovered a drug distribution network allegedly controlled by a prisoner they call Adam at the Cilegon Penitentiar

Jakarta – Businessman Tomy Winata is apologizing for one of his lawyers who allegedly assaulted two judges during a court session in Central Jakarta on Thursday.

Mukhlis Dinillah, Bandung – The West Java Ministry of Justice and Human Rights representative office has found signs of deviant sex being committed by inmates at a number of correction

Glery Lazuardi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is calling on the government to postpone the ratification of the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) because it still contains articles on

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian prisons are overflowing with convicts and authorities worried about their negative influence on city dwellers are exploring shifting them to some

Due to the country's increasingly conservative political atmosphere, officials in Muslim-majority Indonesia can rarely go wrong by pushing for more religious studies and requirements.

Ray Jordan, Jakarta – Riots broke out at the Polewali Mandar Class IIB Prison in Polewali Mandar regency, West Sulawesi, on Saturday June 22 over of a requirement that inmates seeking

Junaedi, Polewali Mandar – Riots broke out at the Polewali Mandar Class IIB Prison (Lapas Polman) in Polewali Mandar regency, West Sulawesi, on Saturday June 22 after prisoners rejecte

Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – The government's old plan to build new prisons on the country's remote islands resurfaced this week, following a high-profile graft convict's escapade from hi

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has moved graft convict Setya Novanto from Sukamiskin prison in Bandung, West Java, to Gunung Sindur prison after a photo showed him hanging

Jakarta – Setya Novanto, a former House of Representatives speaker currently serving a 15-year jail sentence for graft, has been transferred to the Gunung Sindur maximum security priso