12 October 2021

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), the Frontline Defenders, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO), the CIVICUS, the Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), and the Franciscans International urge the Indonesian Government to protect human rights defenders from threats and terror perpetrated by Government officials with articles that repress the freedom of expression.

In the last two months, four human rights defenders, Fatia Maulidiyanti, Haris Azhar, Egi, and Miftah have been framed by the use of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law Effectiveness (UU-ITE) and articles in the Penal Criminal Code (KUHP) for defamation and slander.

Several international non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) such as the ALRC, the FIDH, the OMCT, the BHRRC, the INCLO, the CIVICUS, the CPJP, the FORUM-ASIA and various regional and national NGOs in various countries have sent their support for this situation of human rights defenders in Indonesia. They are in solidarity with human rights defenders in Indonesia, and are concerned about the actions of Government officials who engage in judicial harassment and the abuse of authority.

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The link to the video of the ALRC statement at the 48th session of the UN HRC – https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wy3px75p.

More details can be accessed via – https://kontras.org/2021/10/07/dorongan-jaringan-organisasi-ham-internasional-untuk-melindungi-pembela-ham-di-indonesia-2/.