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Indonesia bans sex outside marriage

Indonesia passes a new penal code criminalising sex outside marriage

Indonesia鈥檚 parliament passes a sweeping overhaul of the criminal code, which includes outlawing sex outside marriage. We speak with a human rights advocate, and also with a spokesperson for the Indonesian government.

Also in the programme: News organization Al-Jazeera brings a case at the ICC against the Israeli government over the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; and we speak with a former United States special envoy to Haiti, where armed gangs now control large parts of the capital.

(Photo: Protest in Jakarta over new criminal code. Credit: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan)

50 minutes

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Tue 6 Dec 2022 14:06GMT

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