The End of the ‘Rubber’ Articles

The Constitutional Court quashes two “hate sowing” articles, though the DPR objected.

July 24, 2007

IT had been awaited for almost a century. Then, last week Tuesday, the long wait reached its end. “Bon voyage, and goodbye,” said Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshidiqie. Instantly, applause resounded from the visitors that packed the Constitutional Court’s session room after Jimly finished reading the ruling. That day, after 95 years having reigned supreme in the Indonesian legal structure, Article 154 and Article 155, which ha

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