"Alarm bells have been ringing among Indonesian media after a late February verdict against Bersihar Lubis, a columnist with the leading Indonesian-language daily Koran Tempo.
Lubis was sentenced to one month in prison for ?insulting? state prosecutors from the Attorney General?s Office (AGO). In an article he wrote in March last year, he condemned the burning of school history textbooks that offered a different interpretation of the traumatic events of 1965-1966 to the official version first put out by the late ex-President Suharto?s military-based New Order regime."
Germany needs to learn a lesson from Indonesia in freedom of the press and freedom of speech. We hope Indrayaya will instruct them. |
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