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A 15-year-old girl is sentenced to six months in detention; brother was sentenced to two years
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Women hold up posters at a protest against badual violence with the slogan "SOS", Save Our Sisters in Jakarta, Indonesia – 04/05 / A 15-year-old girl was sentenced to six months in prison for aborting after his brother repeatedly raped according to a court official
The girl was sentenced to imprisonment last week, said Judge Listyo Arif Budiman to the cause and spokesman of the Muara Bulian District Court, Indonesia, Indonesia.
Sumatra, in an interview with the American broadcaster CNN. The victim's brother is 17 years old and has been raped eight times in the past year.
The prosecution had initially sought a one – year sentence for a girl who had aborted six months after becoming pregnant – a procedure considered extremely risky for life. a woman. In countries where voluntary termination of pregnancy is legal, the measure is normally allowed only until the third month of gestation.
In Indonesia, abortion is considered a crime except in situations where there is motherhood and in some cases rape. When the procedure is allowed, Indonesian law requires that it be practiced by a doctor only during the first six weeks of pregnancy and that the mother receives psychological badistance.
For the older brother, the sentence requested by the prosecution was seven years of imprisonment. According to Maidina Rahmawati, head of research at the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, an independent legal organization that seeks to protect the rights of citizens, the state can still appeal sentences.
The brothers will serve their sentences in a rehabilitation institute. They will receive professional training on the spot so that they can be reintegrated into society when they are released.
According to Budiman, the neighbors discovered the fetus and immediately reported the discovery to the police, who opened an investigation. The girl admitted that the fetus was his after the start of the investigation. The mother of the siblings is currently being studied to facilitate the abortion.
In Indonesia, between 30% and 50% of maternal deaths are due to abortion, according to a report of the World Health Organization (WHO) published in 2013.
