Indonesia’s long-awaited new Criminal Code, which has come under fire for its bans on pre-marital sex and insults to the ...

Indonesia’s new criminal code replaces colonial law, regulates cohabitation and maintains bans on communist ideology.

Indonesia’s new penal and criminal procedure codes have come into force, marking a shift away from colonial-era laws.

Homicides in the nation's capital are up 30% so far in 2023. Pending changes to the century-old criminal code of Washington, D.C., are now at the center of political controversy in Congress and an ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian parliament passed a new criminal code on December 6, 2022, containing provisions that seriously violate international human rights law and standards, Human Rights Watch said ...

JAKARTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new criminal code ushers in a raft of new laws, including banning sex outside of marriage, insulting the president, and expressing any view that runs counter to ...

President Joe Biden has said he won't veto the move. The Senate on Wednesday voted by a lopsided margin to halt much debated changes to Washington, D.C.'s, century-old criminal code, a move supported ...