Groups oppose motorcycle straddling ban
By Agencies in Jakarta and Lhokseumawe, Indonesia | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-09 08:08
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Women ride on the back of motorcycles at a university in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Rights groups urged the government to block a proposed law banning women from sitting astride motorcycles. Chaideer Mahyuddin / Agence France-Presse |
Rights groups urged the Indonesian government on Tuesday to block a proposed law banning women from sitting astride motorcycles in deeply Islamic Aceh province, where the position is deemed "improper".
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