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Added on the 05/02/2020 06:18:58 - Copyright : AFP EN
The United States voices concern over a law that cleared Indonesia's parliament that would outlaw extramarital sex, warning it could hurt the investment climate in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. "We are concerned regarding how these changes could impact the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Indonesia," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The European Union reaches an agreement to ban the import of products including coffee, cocoa and soy in cases where they are deemed to contribute to deforestation, according to Adalbert Jahnz, EU Commission spokesperson. SOUNDBITE
Rights activists protest outside the House of Representatives after lawmakers approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights in the world's most populous Muslim country. IMAGES
Bogor, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- At least 100 meters long anti drugs campaign mural was set up at an Indonesian village in West Java as the country is battling both pandemic and illegal drug sales all at once.According to the survey conducted by Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), 180 people of every 10,000 Indonesians aged between 15 to 64 years old have been pushed into drug addiction. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO). B-ROLL OF THE ANTI-DRUGS CAMPAIGN MURAL IN BOGOR, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA.
Aceh (Indonesia), Sep 8 (EFE / EPA) .- Authorities of Aceh, north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, carried out Wednesday public punishment on various men for violating Sharia law.Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that implement Sharia law, which punishes gambling, alcohol, homosexuality and sex outside of marriage. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)SHOT LIST: VARIOUS MEN GET WHIPPED WITH A CANE FOR BREAKING SHARIA LAW IN ACEH, INDONESIA.
Denpasar, May 28 (EFE/EPA).- A Russian citizen on Friday was brought to the Indonesian National Narcotic Agency (BNN) in Bali after allegedly receiving a package containing a DMT narcotic from Ukraine. (Camera: MADE NAGI).SHOT LIST: A RUSSIAN MAN APPEARS AT THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC AGENCY (BNN) OFFICE DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA.