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President Jokowi backs amnesty for professor jailed for WhatsApp message

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has agreed to pardon an academic jailed last month for
defamation under a controversial internet law, a minister said, following an outcry from
human rights groups who say the law risks curtailing free speech.
Saiful Mahdi, a lecturer from Aceh province, was imprisoned for three months over
comments made in a WhatsApp messenger group chat among fellow academics, which
criticised a hiring process for lecturers.
Saiful's case prompted complaints over the ease at which people can be prosecuted in
Indonesia for comments made on messaging platforms, including remarks about people
not even identified.
Amnesty International has called the law was "deeply flawed".
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD on Tuesday said
Jokowi had approved amnesty for Saiful and would await feedback from parliament
before granting a pardon.
Asked why Jokowi favoured amnesty in Saiful's case, a presidential spokesman referred
Reuters to the security minister.
A presidential amnesty was given in 2019 to a woman jailed under the same law for
recording lewd phone calls from her boss.

The 2008 electronic information and transactions (ITE) law was designed to regulate
online activity, including defamation and hate speech.

Between 2016 and 2020, there were 786 cases involving the law, with 88% of the those
charged ending up behind bars, according to Damar Juniarto of digital advocacy group,
the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet).
Jokowi has said he wants to revise the law this year.
The government has formed a task force to oversee that and provide guidelines
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-internet-idUSKBN2AN0UQ for law
enforcers to apply the law more judiciously.
Syahrul, Saiful's lawyer, told Reuters his client appreciated the amnesty, without which
his experiences could "adversely impact academic and speech freedom."
He said 38 scholars in Australia wrote to the president, requesting Saiful's pardon.
Saiful's wife, Dian Rubianty, was in tears during an online seminar and said his case
"has stolen sleep away from me and my children".

Taken from: thejakartapost.com 

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1 Saiful Mahdi, a lecturer from Aceh Simple past
province, was imprisoned for three
months over comments made in a
WhatsApp messenger group chat
among fellow academics, which
criticised a hiring process for
lecturers.

2 A presidential amnesty was given Simple past

in 2019 to a woman jailed under
the same law for recording lewd
phone calls from her boss.

3 The 2008 electronic information Simple past

and transactions (ITE) law was
designed to regulate online
activity, including defamation and
hate speech.