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.
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 triggered by a new law which critics say weakens Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency.
While that law has already been passed and protesters are now demanding for it to be repealed, they have a long list of other demands and grievances.
“It’s not a one-issue protest,” explained Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch in Indonesia. “And it’s also not a unified or organised movement.”
The anger is, for instance, directed at plans for a new criminal code, at troops in the unrest-hit Papua region, and at the failure to stem forest fires in Sumatra and Borneo that are causing toxic haze across South East Asia.
“People are trying to protect their civil liberties and individual liberties,” Djayadi Hanan, lecturer in political science at Paramadina University in Jakarta, told the BBC.
“And they are upset that the president is disappointing them by not moving strongly against corruption.“
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Ameera told Muriel that he could get anything he want for a gift and the man SHYLY asked for a kiss.
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<< Short Background >>
Ameera: A president of a country.
Muriel: The president's bodyguard + tea maker + cuddling pillow.
It's an Criminal Rehabilitation (maybe like Arkham Asylum in Batman) AU!
<<Short Background>>
Ameera: the patient, very manipulative. She was a sniper of an assassins organization. she got psychopathic traits.
Muriel: a psychiatrist with a PhD degree.
Ameera was involved in an attempt to kill the president of this fictional country and almost succeed. She betrayed her organization and they ‘erase’ her by sending her to this rehabilitation and labelled her as ‘insane’ (while she’s really insane in the head). Later she used her label to gain sympathy from Dr. Muriel. yashhh!! *w*)9