Unfair Justice for Sex Abuse Victims
The National Commission on Violence against Women finds that restorative justice often harms victims. There are alleged violations within the police and the prosecutor's office.
Avit Hidayat
October 16, 2023
THE investigation into the sexual assault case against Fira—not her real name—by the Semarang City Police, Central Java, initially went well. The man who attempted to rape Fira, an employee of a private company, was put in prison in mid-2022. After two weeks, Nia Lishayanti, a victim’s counselor from the Legal Resource Center for Gender Justice and Human Rights (LRC-KJHAM), received unpleasant news. “The police stoppe
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