The Indonesian tycoker was sentenced to almost three years in prison after being reported to have “spoke” in a photo of Jesus on his phone and tells him to get a hairstyle.
Ratu Talisa, a Muslim transsexual woman with more than 442,000 Tiktok followers, was live and answered a comment that told her to cut her hair to look more like a man.
On Monday, a Court of Medan, Sumatra found the waist of hatred for the spread of hatred under a controversial online hate recipe law and sentenced it to two years and 10 months in prison.
The court stated that her comments could violate “public order” and “religious harmony” in society and accused her of performing blasphemy.
The court's ruling came after numerous Christian groups filed complaints to the police against D -Ja Thalisa for blasphemy.
The sentence was sentenced by human rights groups, including Amnesty International, who described it as “a shocking attack against the freedom of expression of Ratu Talisa” and called for it to be canceled.
“The Indonesian authorities should not use the Electronic Information and Transactions Act (EIT) to punish people for comments made on social media,” said Amnesty International Indonesia Hamid CEO.
“While Indonesia must prohibit the intercession of religious hatred, which represents discrimination, hostility or violence, Ratu Talisa's speech law does not reach that threshold.”
Hamid called on the Indonesian authorities to cancel the sentence of G -ja Thalisa and to guarantee her immediate release from custody.
He also called for them to cancel or to make significant revisions of what he described as “problematic provisions” in the EIT law – namely those that criminalize the alleged immorality, slander and speech of hatred.
For the first time introduced in 2008 and amended in 2016 to turn to online slander, the EIT law is intended to protect people's rights in online spaces.
However, he was criticized by groups of rights groups, press groups and legal experts who have long expressed concerns about the potential threat of the Law on Freedom of Expression.
At least 560 people were accused of suspected violations of the EIT law while exercising their freedom of expression between 2019 and 2024, and 421 were convicted, according to Amnesty International data.
Those accused of crimes of libel and hate speech includes several influential on social media.
In September 2023, a Muslim woman was Two -year -old For blasphemy, Islam, after she posted a Tiktok viral video, where she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork.
In 2024, another tiktker was detained for blasphemy after publishing a quiz asking children what animals can read the Qur'an, according to Amnesty International.
Indonesia is home to many religious minorities, including Buddhists, Christians and Hindus. But a huge majority of Indonesians are Muslims – and most cases of people found in violation of the EIT law are usually related to religious minorities that are said to offend Islam.
The case of Da -ja Talisa, in which a Muslim woman is accused of calling a speech of hatred against Christianity, is more rarely encountered.
Earlier, prosecutors asked her to be sentenced more than four years and immediately appealed the sentence on Monday. D -Ja Thalisa received seven days for appeal.