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Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 13 students

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JAKARTA (AFP) - An Indonesian teacher found guilty of raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school, and who impregnated at least eight of the victims, was sentenced to death on Monday (April 4). Herry Wirawan, 36, had been sentenced to life in prison in February, in a...

Indonesia has held off conducting executions for several years and the last known executions took place in 2016.

During his previous trial, it was revealed Wirawan had raped the female students - many from poor families and attending the school on scholarships - over a period of five years. He also impregnated at least eight of them. The case drew national outrage and increased pressure on parliament to approve a long-delayed bill on the"elimination of sexual violence", that seeks to combat sex crimes and provide justice to victims, including in cases of marital rape.

 

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