印尼严厉打击性行为

印尼严厉打击性行为

Indonesia is set to vote on a plan to outlaw gay and pre-marital sex while beefing up its blasphemy laws in a shakeup fueled by religious conservatism and slammed by rights groups yesterday.

印尼将对一项禁止同性恋和婚前性行为的计划进行投票，同时加强其亵渎神明的法律。宗教保守主义助长了印尼的这一改革，昨日遭到人权组织的猛烈抨击。

The proposed criminal law overhaul could affect millions in the world’s biggest Muslim majority country, including heterosexual couples who might face jail for having sex outside wedlock, or having an affair.

拟议中的刑法改革可能会影响到这个世界上穆斯林人口最多的国家的数百万人，其中包括可能因婚外性行为或婚外情而面临牢狱之灾的异性恋夫妇。

But there are also fears it could punish the Southeast Asian nation’s small LGBT community as gay marriage is not allowed in Indonesia.

但也有人担心，这可能会惩罚这个东南亚国家的同性恋群体，因为印尼不允许同性婚姻。

“Indonesia’s draft criminal code is disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for all Indonesians,” said Andreas Harsono, senior Indonesia researcher at Human Rights Watch.

“印尼的刑法草案不仅对女性、宗教和性别少数群体是灾难性的，对所有印尼人也是如此，”人权观察(Human Rights Watch)印尼高级研究员安德烈亚斯·哈索诺(Andreas Harsono)说。

“Lawmakers should remove all the abusive articles before passing the law.”

“立法者在通过这项法律之前应该删除所有的滥用条款。”

Updating Indonesia’s criminal code, which stretches back to the Dutch colonial era, has been debated for decades.

几十年来，人们一直在讨论更新印尼的刑法。印尼的刑法可以追溯到荷兰殖民时期。

While a push last year fizzled, the mooted changes now appear set to be voted on in parliament before the end of the month — with strong support from religious groups.

虽然去年的努力付诸东流，但在宗教团体的大力支持下，拟议中的改革目前看来将于本月底前在议会进行投票表决。

“Even though the criminal code bill that will be ratified still has shortcomings, it’s far better than today,” said Robikin Emhas, of Nahdlatul Ulama, a major Islamic organization.

伊斯兰主要组织Nahdlatul Ulama的Robikin Emhas说:“尽管将被批准的刑法草案仍有不足之处，但它比今天要好得多。”

Rights groups say the proposals underscore a growing shift toward fundamentalism in a country once hailed for its religious tolerance.

人权组织说，这些提议凸显了这个曾经以宗教宽容著称的国家向原教旨主义的转变。