Freedom of religious e-Xpression in the Indonesian Cyberspace (original) (raw)

Since the inception of Law No. 11/2008 on the Information and Electronic Transaction (Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik - UU ITE) in 2008, up until 2014, there are seventy-two cases of the violation of the law, four of them were on the religious blasphemy. Though the legal case on religious blasphemy is still minimum, it is seen by many as a further sign of state oppression. This paper discusses and reflects the religious expression in Indonesian cyberspace in which UU ITE is the entry point to understand the complicated issue of freedom of expression, and of cyberspace as the imagined public sphere. Furthermore, it touches on the larger problem of the consistency of law implementation, governmentality, and public civility. The case in hand is Alexander Aan, the openly atheist who was convicted for religious blasphemy.

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