Indonesia Passes Anti-Racial Discrimination Bill Indonesia, a vast Muslim nation in terms of its population, has passed a bill against racial discrimination. With the passing of this bill there is no ethnic or racial discrimination rulings in the country as they have learnt through the hard way in the late 90s riots that caught the worlds attention. Indonesia passed this bill in accordance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Convention) that was enacted in 1999 in the United Nations, currently monitored by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, joining a host of other nations that has adopted the Convention. Today, the Indonesian citizens are free from this bondage. If found guilty of any form of ethnic or racial discrimination in Indonesia now, it will certainly land you in jail. Yeah, jail term is there. Reading: Bill against racial discrimination passed - Jakarta Post
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:06:17 +0000
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