Protests are erupting in Indonesia after a 15-year-old girl was jailed for having an abortion after she was raped by her brother.
The teenage girl was sentenced to six months' prison for the abortion, which is illegal in Indonesia, the Guardian reports .
On Tuesday, activists met with Indonesian Judicial Commission members imploring them to investigate the "grossly unfair" sentence.
The girl and her 17-year-old brother, from Jambi, in Sumatra, were arrested in June after an eight-month-old foetus was discovered in a plantation.
The girl's brother was jailed for two years for the sexual assault of a minor after he told authorities he had raped her repeatedly since last September.
Abortions are illegal in the Muslim-majority country unless under special circumstances, such as if the pregnancy may cause harm to the mother.
The teenage girl plans to appeal her sentence at the High Court.
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