Ticketkar put Jesus in jail to ask Jesus to cut his hair in Indonesia

An Indonesian ticketoker has been allegedly asked to ‘talk’ for a picture of Jesus on his phone and get a haircut.

Ratu Thalisa, a Muslim transgender woman with over 442,000 tiktok followers, was on a livestream, and responding to a comment that asked her to cut her hair to look like a man.

On Monday, Sumatra, a court in Medan, found Thalisa guilty of spreading hatred under a controversial online hate-speech law, and sentenced to two years and 10 months in jail.

The court said that their comments could disrupt the “public order” and “religious harmony” in the society, and accused them of condemning them.

The court verdict came after several Christian groups filed a police complaint against Ms. Thalisa for condemnation.

The punishment has been condemned by human rights groups, including Amnesty International, who described it as “a shocking attack on Ratu Thalisa’s freedom of expression” and called to end it.

Usman Hamid, executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia, said in a statement, “Indonesian officials should not use the country’s Electronic Information and Transaction (EIT) law to punish people for comments made on social media.”

“While Indonesia should prohibit the advocacy of religious hatred that encourages discrimination, enmity or violence, Ratu Thalisa’s speech act does not reach that extent.”

Mr. Hamid called upon Indonesian officials to reverse Ms. Thalisa’s sentence and ensure immediate release from custody.

He urged them to make adequate amendments or make adequate amendments to describe them as “problematic provisions” in the EIT law – that is, people who criminalize alleged immorality, defamation and indecent language.

The first was introduced in 2008 and amended to address online defamation in 2016, designed to protect the rights of individuals in online places.

However, it has been criticized by groups of rights, press groups and legal experts who have expressed concern about the possible threat of law for long -term freedom of expression.

According to Amnesty International data, at least 560 people were accused of alleged violation of the EIT law using their freedom of expression between 2019 and 2024.

Several social media affected allegations of defamation and abusive language crimes are involved.

In September 2023, there was a Muslim woman Two years jail sentenced to jail To condemn Islam, after posting a viral tickek video where he called an Islamic phrase before eating pork.

According to Amnesty International, in 2024, another ticket was detained for blasphemy, when they asked the children what kind of animals could be read.

Indonesia is home to many religious minorities including Buddhists, Christians and Hindus. But a large part of Indonesian people is Muslim – and most of the cases of people found in violation of EIT law are usually related to religious minorities who allegedly insult Islam.

Ms. Thalisa’s case, where a Muslim woman is accused of accusing him of indecent language against Christianity, is less common.

The prosecutors first demanded that he be sentenced to more than four years, and immediately appealed for Monday’s decision. Ms. Thalisa was given seven days to appeal.