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Indonesia urged to stop military 'virginity tests'

May 14, 2015 - 5:24 PM

If a person has low morals then she cannot join the military military spokesman says

A police cadet directs traffic in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is one of 7,000 female police cadets recruited in April 2014. Photo by Andreas Harsono/HRW

Indonesian schoolgirl virginity test plan sparks outcry

Feb 11, 2015 - 9:04 PM

A local lawmaker proposed a regulation on good conduct that included forcing girls to pass a virginity test before they can complete high school

SCHOOLGIRLS. Indonesian high school students celebrate finishing the national exams by painting graffiti on their uniforms in April 2014. Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP

Indonesia should drop ‘good’ and ‘bad’ labels on women

Dec 05, 2014 - 2:32 PM

Indonesian state institutions reinforce the labelling of women into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ by policing women’s bodies

HARSHER PUNISHMENTS. An Acehnese women receiving lashes in front of the Al-Munawwarah Mosque in Aceh in 2010. A new bylaw means non-Muslims will also be subjected to Sharia law. Photo by Nurdin Hasan/Rappler

Indonesian police ‘virginity tests’ fit pattern of flagrant rights abuses

Dec 01, 2014 - 7:05 PM

Reform within the Indonesian police have been very slow with discriminatory ‘virginity testings’ and police torture and brutality still rampant

Female members of the Indonesian police force ride motorbikes as they mark Kartini Day in Jakarta on April 22, 2013. Photo by Adek Berry/AFP

Indonesian police criticized over virginity tests

Nov 18, 2014 - 5:38 PM

The women told how they were forced to strip naked before female medics gave them a two finger test — a practice described by HRW as archaic and discredited

A police cadet directs traffic in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is one of 7,000 female police cadets recruited in April 2014. Photo by Andreas Harsono/HRW