Teguh Santosa Trial Resumes 9/13

Reporters Sans Frontieres has issued an update on the legal travails of Teguh Santosa, in the midst of legal hearings in Jakarta on charges stemming from the February publication of three Prophet Muhammed cartoons on Rakyat Merdeka, the web site he edits. Santosa has claimed throughout that he was merely posting the cartoons to illustrate ongoing news reports about the controversy surrounding them which had at that time swirled into a worldwide rash of violent protests. RSF says that Sanosa even discussed the publication with Indonesian press organizations, and with Islamic officials after he was detained in July, both of whom consoled the journalist that he had not attacked the religion or the Prophet Muhammed.

Santosa withdrew the cartoons from the site with 24 hours of publication and immediately issued an apology. He still faces five years in prison.
 
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