Cepdika Eka Rismana

Additional Name(s): Dika Eka

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Indonesia

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: May/5/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Texts) Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy

Cepdika Eka Rismana

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Cepdika Eka Rismana is imprisoned for blasphemy.

On May 5, 2022, police in West Java province arrested Rismana after a video of him stepping on a Qur'an went viral. Authorities also arrested his wife for allegedly uploading the video on social media.

On September 19, 2022, the Sukabumi District Court sentenced him to four years' imprisonment and fined him 100 million rupiah for "committing acts that are hostile or blasphemous against a religion" (Article 156a ICC).

Publicly Available Information:

2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Indonesia U.S. Department of State
USCIRF Issue Update: ASEAN States' Blasphemy Laws October 19, 2022
"Indonesian faces blasphemy charge for desecrating Quran" Union of Catholic Asian News (UCA News)