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Not just about sex: Indonesia’s protests explaine

For days, Indonesia has been rocked by student protests against a new corruption law and plans for a draconian criminal code.

The most headline-grabbing issue is a proposed ban on extramarital sex, but the protests go far beyond that.

  • BBC

They focus on corruption, plans to outlaw insulting the president and a toughening of blasphemy laws.

While the vote on some of the new bills has been postponed, observers fear the protests will continue.

  • What are the protests about?

The demonstrations were…

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