Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Indonesia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August//2020

Date of Sentencing: December/22/2020

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Expression about Religion Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Hate Speech

Apollinaris Darmawan

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Apollinaris Darmawan is imprisoned for expression about religion.

In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on social media.

On December 22, 2020, the Bandung District Court sentenced Darmawan to five years in prison and fined him 800 million rupiah for “disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred or dissension on individuals and/or certain groups of community based on ethnic groups, religions, races, and inter-groups” (Art. 28 Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE)).

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