Tiktoker prison to tell Jesus to cut off his hair
The Indonesian Tiktoker was sentenced to about three years in prison after “talking” to Jesus’ image on her phone and asking him to have a haircut.
Rato Thousa, a Muslim sexual transgender woman with more than 442,000 Tijook followers, was on the live broadcast, and she was responding to the comment that told her to cut her hair to look like a man.
On Monday, Sumatra found in a court in Midan, that Thaisa is guilty of spreading hatred under a controversial hate law on the Internet, and was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison.
The court said that its comments may disrupt the “public order” and “religious harmony” in society, and accused her of blasphemy.
The court’s ruling came after multiple Christian groups submitted police complaints against Mrs. Thursa on charges of blasphemy.
The sentence was condemned by human rights groups, including Amnesty International, which it described as a “shocking attack on freedom of expression Rato Thuisa” and called for the abolition of its negligence.
“The Indonesian authorities should not use the country’s information and electronic transactions (EIT) to punish people for the comments made on social media,” said Othman Hamed, CEO of Indonesia, Othman Hamed, in a statement.
“While Indonesia must prohibit the call for religious hatred that constitutes an incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence, the Rato Thuisa speech law does not reach this extent.”
Mr. Hamid called on the Indonesian authorities to cancel the condemnation of Mrs. Thursa and ensure her immediate release from the reservation.
He also urged them to cancel or conduct major reviews of what he described as “problematic provisions” in the EIT law – that is, those who criminalize alleged immorality, defamation and hate speech.
It was first introduced in 2008 and was amended in 2016 to address online defamation, and the Eit Act was designed to protect the rights of individuals in the online spaces.
However, it was subjected to dedicated criticism by rights groups, press groups and legal experts, who have long raised concerns about the potential threat to the law of freedom of expression.
At least 560 people were charged with alleged violations of the EIT law while practicing their freedom of expression between 2019 and 2024, and 421 were convicted, according to data from Amnesty International.
Those accused of defaming crimes and hate speech included many influential social media.
In September 2023, she was a Muslim woman He was sentenced to two years in prison In order to blame Islam, after she posted a viral Tiktok video, she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork.
In 2024, another Tiktoker was detained due to rowing after they published a test asking children about the type of animals that could read the Qur’an, according to Amnesty International.
Indonesia is home to many religious minorities, including Buddhists, Christians and Hindus. But the vast majority of Indonesians are Muslims – and most cases of people in violation of the EIT law are usually associated with religious minorities that are claimed to insult Islam.
The case of Mrs. Thursa, where a Muslim woman is accused of summoning hate speech against Christianity, less common.
Prosecutors previously demanded that he receive a prison sentence for more than four years, and appealed to the verdict on Monday. Mrs. Thursa was given seven days to appeal.
