Indonesia: Trans woman’s prison sentence for ‘insulting’ Jesus must be quashed

By Amnesty International

Responding to the 2-year-and-10-month prison sentence for hate speech against Christianity handed to a trans woman, Ratu Thalisa, in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Province over comments made on her TikTok channel, Amnesty International Indonesia’s Executive Director Usman Hamid said: “This prison sentence is a shocking attack on Ratu Thalisa’s freedom of expression. The Indonesian authorities should […] The post Indonesia: Trans woman’s prison sentence for ‘insulting’ Jesus must be quashed appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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