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No Sex Outside of Marriage: Indonesia’s Controversial New Criminal Code
Photo Credit: The Economic Times By Isana RajaManaging Editor Indonesia bans sex outside of marriage in a new criminal code passed on December 6, 2022. If caught, unmarried couples could be jailed for up to a year, and couples who live together out of wedlock could be jailed for up to six months. The criminal…
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE: EXAMINING ACEH’S PUNK COMMUNITY
By Nick Vacchio Staff Writer Since the dawn of the genre in the 1970s, the tenets of the punk ethos have focused around the rejection of the status quo, the promotion of individual freedoms, equality for all and a strong opposition to injustice. Unknown to many in the West, Indonesia has one of the largest…