Group calls for Indonesian forces to stop virginity tests

An international human rights group says 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.
Human Rights Watch said today that senior police and military officers have told it that security forces still impose the "cruel and discriminatory tests."
The group called for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to order the national police chief and military commander to ban the practice.
Human Rights Watch has also documented the use of virginity tests by security forces in Egypt, India and Afghanistan and criticised calls for virginity tests for Indonesian school girls.