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    "data": {
        "id": 1671026,
        "msgid": "protection-against-human-trafficking-must-be-integrated-to-address-drug-trafficking-1775886645",
        "date": "2026-04-11 11:31:45",
        "title": "Protection Against Human Trafficking Must Be Integrated to Address Drug Trafficking",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) views the case of Asih, an Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia who faced execution for drug trafficking, as a critical opportunity to integrate human trafficking protection perspectives into handling narcotics cases involving women. They emphasise the need for stronger diplomatic protection before execution threats materialise, highlighting Asih's vulnerability to deception and exploitation as a victim rather than a perpetrator. Indonesia's commitments to international instruments like CEDAW and the Palermo Protocol underscore the obligation to ensure non-discriminatory justice for women facing layered vulnerabilities.",
        "content": "<p>The case must serve as a momentum to integrate the perspective of\nhuman trafficking protection in handling dark trade narcotics cases\ninvolving women. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Commission on Violence\nAgainst Women (Komnas Perempuan) views the case of Asih, an Indonesian\nmigrant worker in Malaysia, as a momentum to immediately integrate the\nperspective of human trafficking protection in handling dark trade\nnarcotics cases involving women. \u201cThis case must become a momentum to\nimmediately integrate the perspective of human trafficking protection in\nevery handling of dark trade narcotics cases involving women, and to\nstrengthen diplomatic protection before the threat of execution\narrives,\u201d said Komnas Perempuan member Yuni Asriyanti when confirmed in\nJakarta on Saturday. Komnas Perempuan welcomes the return of Asih, the\nIndonesian migrant worker (PMI) in Malaysia who was once threatened with\nthe death penalty. Komnas Perempuan member Sundari Waris added that the\nvictim\u2019s return is the fruit of long cross-country human rights advocacy\nwork. Komnas Perempuan itself had previously received a complaint from\nthe case\u2019s companion and submitted a recommendation letter to relevant\nparties as part of the defence of women facing the death penalty abroad.\nAccording to her, the case experienced by Asih is a reflection of the\nlayered vulnerabilities faced by women. \u201cHow women with limited economic\nbackgrounds have vulnerabilities to being deceived with promises of\nwork, manipulated by human trafficking networks, and at the peak bear a\ndisproportionate punishment burden for narcotics crimes that actually\nplace them as victims, not perpetrators,\u201d she said. Komnas Perempuan\nreminds that Indonesia is bound by several international legal\ninstruments that should serve as real guides in handling cases like\nAsih\u2019s. She stated that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms\nof Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) affirms the state\u2019s obligation\nto ensure that the criminal justice system does not operate\ndiscriminatorily against women, especially those facing layered\nvulnerabilities. \u201cThe Palermo Protocol has long affirmed a principle\nthat must not be ignored, that women who become victims of human\ntrafficking should not be punished for actions born from exploitative\nsituations they did not choose themselves,\u201d she added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/protection-against-human-trafficking-must-be-integrated-to-address-drug-trafficking-1775886645",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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