Prosecuting Hate Crimes
Sidney Jones
No one questions that Indonesia needs to get more serious about prosecuting hate crimes. It needs to ensure that anyone who uses violence or threats of violence against individuals because of their membership in a disliked group will face the full force of the law, and that a single standard will be applied against perpetrators instead of all too frequently blaming the victim.
November 17, 2015
Sidney Jones
No one questions that Indonesia needs to get more serious about prosecuting hate crimes. It needs to ensure that anyone who uses violence or threats of violence against individuals because of their membership in a disliked group will face the full force of the law, and that a single standard will be applied against perpetrators instead of all too frequently blaming the victim.
In this context, Police Chief Badrodin Haiti's efforts to ra
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