Protests in Bali against porn bill
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Hundreds of people protested on Tuesday in Bali against a proposed anti-pornography law. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, told the crowd the bill overlapped with existing legislation and trampled local customs in a country of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity, AFP reported.
The parliament should enforce other laws on the sex industry but don’t endorse a new law on pornography, especially if that law only accommodates a single group’s perspective and disrespects others’,” he was quoted saying. He said regulations in the media law, the criminal code, the broadcasting law and the child protection law should be enough to control pornography and set a moral tone for the country.
The bill before parliament has drawn criticism for being too vague in its definition of pornography and for encouraging vigilante groups to take the law into their own hands. Critics in the mainly Hindu island of Bali say it will threaten local religious and cultural traditions, and hurt the lucrative tourism industry.
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