No Going Backward
The proposed Criminal Code Bill still contains articles on spreading hatred that are a legacy of the colonial era. They are a threat to democracy.
March 7, 2017
The Criminal Code (KUHP) Bill still contains articles on insulting the government. The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) should remove these 'elastic articles' because they clearly contradict the spirit of the Constitution.
The Constitutional Court removed the haatzaai artikelen, or articles on hatred against the authorities in 2007. But the government still includes them in the proposed KUHP now being deliberated at the DPR. The r
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