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Indonesia's president postpones vote to criminalise sex outside marriage
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 24 (ANI): Following the outcry from human rights groups worldwide, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a vote that could have criminalized consensual extramarital sex and effectively outlawed same-sex relations in the country.
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Indonesia moves to ban consensual sex outside of marriage
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 19 (ANI): Indonesia is set to pass a new penal code that would criminalise consensual sex outside of marriage and effectively outlaw same-sex relations.
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Indonesia to resurrect colonial-era law that imprisons people for insultin
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sep 3 (ANI): Indonesia is set to resurrect a colonial-era regulation that could lead to imprisonment of people who insult the president, in a move that critics said may demonstrate the country's creeping encroachment on free speech and expression.
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PM Modi meets Indonesia's Prez Joko Widodo at G-20 summit in Japan's Osaka
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], June 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo here on the final day of the ongoing 14th G20 summit.
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Will not give room to rioters who disrupt our nation: Widodo
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 22 (ANI): Threatening police action, Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday said that people who disturb "security, the process of democracy, and the unity" of Indonesia will not be tolerated in the wake of riots which claimed the lives of six people.
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Six dead as riots over election results grip Indonesia
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 22 (ANI): Six people lost their lives while more than 200 suffered injuries after mobs clashed with security forces and set fire to a police dormitory and vehicles in the Indonesian capital following the release of official election results a day earlier, authorit
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Modi congratulates Joko Widodo on re-election as Indonesian President
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Indonesia's Joko Widodo on being re-elected as president for a second term in last month's presidential elections of the South-East Asian nation.
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Indonesia election: Joko Widodo wins second term
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed that President Joko Widodo has won a second term as president, beating out rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, by a 55.5 per cent to 44.5 per cent margin.
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New era in Japan kicks in, Naruhito ascends to throne
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Apr 30 (ANI): A new era has begun in Japan as Naruhito officially becomes a new emperor after his father abdicated the Chrysanthemum throne.
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Indonesia to move capital due to overpopulation, excess floods in Jakarta
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Apr 30 (ANI): Indonesia is planning to move its capital away from Jakarta, the country's planning ministry said on Monday.
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Indonesia elections: More than 270 staff die from fatigue-related illnesse
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Apr 29 (ANI): Ten days after Indonesia held the world's biggest single-day Presidential elections, more than 270 election workers have lost their lives mostly due to fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, aut
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Indonesia election: Early survey results point to second Widodo term
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Apr 17 (ANI): Indonesian President Joko Widodo is on course for the second term, according to the quick count conducted by independent survey groups in the country.
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