Indonesian officials have confirmed that a new criminal code that would penalise having sex outside of marriage with up to a year in jail is scheduled to be passed by Indonesia's parliament this month.

Indonesia to make sex outside marriage punishable as part of criminal code revision

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday said a new criminal code would come into force in January. UAE has called it the most sweeping legal reform in the Gulf state's history.

New criminal code to come into force in United Arab Emirates

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