BLASPHEMY-INDONESIA-01 legal criminal_liability ai_generated partial

AI advises a traveler to Indonesia that they can freely discuss atheism, agnosticism, or criticize any of the six recognized religions in public or on social media

ID: legal/indonesia-anti-blasphemy-law

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75%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
1Evidence
2024-03-12First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
UU No. 1/PNPS/1965 active — — —
Constitutional Court Decision 76/PUU-XVII/2019 active — — —

Root Cause

Indonesia's Blasphemy Law criminalizes public deviation from or insult to any of the six recognized religions, and atheism advocacy is de facto illegal.

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中文

印度尼西亚的亵渎法（UU No. 1/PNPS/1965，经宪法法院第76/PUU-XVII/2019号决定强化）将偏离或侮辱六大官方宗教（伊斯兰教、新教、天主教、印度教、佛教、儒教）的行为定为刑事犯罪。最高可判处5年监禁。无神论倡导事实上非法，已导致多起起诉。

Official Documentation

https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Details/171267/uu-no-1-tahun-1965

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Advise the traveler to avoid any public or online discussion of atheism, agnosticism, or criticism of the six recognized religions entirely while in Indonesia. If asked about personal beliefs, the safest response is 'I respect all religions' without elaboration. 
    Advise the traveler to avoid any public or online discussion of atheism, agnosticism, or criticism of the six recognized religions entirely while in Indonesia. If asked about personal beliefs, the safest response is 'I respect all religions' without elaboration.
  2. 80% success For social media, recommend the traveler set their account to private, restrict all posts to 'Friends Only' during their stay, and avoid using location tags or Indonesian-language keywords related to religion. Example: In Instagram settings, navigate to Privacy > Account Privacy > toggle 'Private Account' ON. 
    For social media, recommend the traveler set their account to private, restrict all posts to 'Friends Only' during their stay, and avoid using location tags or Indonesian-language keywords related to religion. Example: In Instagram settings, navigate to Privacy > Account Privacy > toggle 'Private Account' ON.

中文步骤

  1. Advise the traveler to avoid any public or online discussion of atheism, agnosticism, or criticism of the six recognized religions entirely while in Indonesia. If asked about personal beliefs, the safest response is 'I respect all religions' without elaboration.
  2. For social media, recommend the traveler set their account to private, restrict all posts to 'Friends Only' during their stay, and avoid using location tags or Indonesian-language keywords related to religion. Example: In Instagram settings, navigate to Privacy > Account Privacy > toggle 'Private Account' ON.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Claiming freedom of speech is protected by Indonesia's Constitution Article 28E 95% fail

    Article 28E is subject to the Blasphemy Law limitation in Article 28J; courts consistently uphold the blasphemy law over free speech claims

  2. Advising the traveler to post criticism under a pseudonym or via VPN 85% fail

    Indonesia's Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law) allows authorities to compel ISPs and platforms to reveal user identities; pseudonymity does not shield from prosecution

  3. Telling the traveler that only insulting Islam is prosecuted, other religions are safe 90% fail

    Prosecutions have occurred for insulting Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism (e.g., case of Meliana in 2018 for complaining about mosque volume, charged under blasphemy)