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Indonesia's Parliament passes landmark bill on sexual violence

Indonesia's Parliament passed on Tuesday a long-awaited bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to secure justice in a country where sexual abuse has often been regarded as a private matter.

A majority of lawmakers backed the bill at the plenary session in Parliament, overcoming opposition from some conservative groups in the world's biggest Muslim majority country after six years of deliberation...
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