Judicial Panel Agrees With Teguh Santosa Defense; Indicts Anyway

A fairly confusing article about Teguh Santosa, the Indonesian on-line newspaper editor accused of violating an Insults Against Religion law by printing a selection of the cartoons depicting Muhammed earlier this year during the Danish Cartoons controversy, indicates a one step forward, one step back scenario. If I'm understanding it correctly, the judicial panel of the South Jakarta District Court agreed with Santosa's defense team that the religion-related law didn't apply, but either went ahead and indicted him under a more general part of the criminal code, or kept the original indictment and simply indicated it related to the general criminal code.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists obviously applauds one action and deplores the other, and makes a general call that this issue be tried through appropriate press laws.
 
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