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INDONESIAN MILITARY URGED TO ABANDON VIRGINITY TESTS Indonesia’s military and police continue to perform abusive virginity tests on female recruits three years after the World Health Organisation declared they had no scientific validity, according to an international human rights group. Human Rights Watch said that senior Indonesian police and military officers have told it that security forces still impose the “cruel and discriminatory tests”, which are carried out under the guise of psychological examinations for mental health. “The Indonesian government’s continuing tolerance for abusive ‘virginity tests’ by the security forces reflects an appalling lack of political will to protect the rights of Indonesian women,” said Nisha Varia, women’s rights advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. Related articles *What next?* Human Rights Watch said all three branches of the Indonesian military have imposed the tests for decades and in some circumstances also extended the requirement to the fiancées of military officers. The testing includes the invasive “two-finger test” to determine whether applicants’ hymens are intact.
