US EditionIndonesia: TikToker jailed for telling Jesus to cut his hair
- An Indonesian TikToker has been sentenced to almost three years in prison for speaking to a picture of Jesus, which the court viewed as blasphemy and a disruption to public order and religious harmony in society.
- The court claimed her comments could disrupt public order and religious harmony, resulting in a blasphemy charge.
- Amnesty International condemned the sentence as a shocking attack on Ratu Thalisa's freedom of expression and called for it to be quashed.
- Usman Hamid urged Indonesian authorities to overturn Ratu Thalisa's conviction and ensure her immediate release from custody.
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Indonesia court jails transgender woman for Jesus remark
MEDAN, Indonesia — An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison last week for a remark online about Jesus’ hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive. Ratu Thalisa was found guilty by a court in Medan city on the western island of Sumatra of spreading hatred under a widely-criticized online hate-speech law in a TikTok livestream, Dapot Dariarma of the local prosecutor’s of…
This is not the first time that authorities have arrested people for blasphemy in Indonesia. But in general, because they target Islam. This time it was a transgender Muslim who allegedly “insulted” Jesus.
Indonesia court jails transgender woman for hate speech
MEDAN: An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday (March 10) for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
These were interpreted as defamatory of the Christian religion. During the live broadcast, Thalisa commented on an image of Jesus, saying that he should get a haircut, in response to a comment from a follower who suggested that she cut her hair to look more like a man. The young TikToker is accused of blasphemy Her statements sparked a wave of reactions, and Christian groups in Indonesia filed complaints against her for blasphemy. On March 10, 2…
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