New Controls On Civil Society Groups
The government and the DPR are drafting an amendment to the 1985 Law on Mass Organizations. Some people fear it could become a new instrument to block freedom of assembly.
August 13, 2012
A discussion that was quickly heating up was suspended when time came to break the fast. The speakers, with all their opposing views, were unable to complete their arguments in time. Audiences at the discussion hosted by the National Law Commission at the Hotel Millennium in Central Jakarta faced the same fate. With no conclusion reached, the discussions ended on Wednesday last week.
However, the two-hour presentation by six primary speakers suffi
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