INDONESIA: RELIGIOUS LEADERS OPPOSE BYLAW ON STONING OF ADULTERERS

Indonesian religious leaders criticised a bylaw passed by Aceh's provincial legislative council to stone adulterers to death. Amidhan, head of the national Islamic scholars' council, said "the bylaw must recognise and respect human rights, and must not be in conflict with national laws and the state's 1945 Constitution." "I do not agree with the regulation because it is against human dignity," said Father Sebastianus Eka.