INDONESIA TOUGHENS TERROR LAW FOLLOWING ATTACKS USING CHILDREN

摘要

Indonesia's parliament unanimously approved a tougher anti-terrorism law in late May 2018, lengthening detention periods and involving the military in counterterrorism operations. Legislators were spurred to action by bombings that involved children as perpetrators. Rights groups had criticized some revisions as overly broad or vague and warned against rushing them into law. The scope for the military to become involved in counterterrorism operations is contentious because it backtracks on two decades of keeping Soldiers out of areas under civilian authority.