![Indonesia’s New Criminal Code and Article 411: A Step Backwards for Individual Liberties](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/Jakarta_Skyline_Part_2.jpeg)
Last month, Indonesia made headlines by passing a new criminal code known as the Rivisi Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (RKUHP). The code includes a number of controversial provisions, including outlawing acts such as defaming the president and expressing views antithetical to state ideology. However, the provision that has received the most attention is the criminalization [...]