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: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Texts) Online Activity
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy
Cepdika Eka Rismana is detained for blasphemy.
On May 5, 2022, police in West Java province arrested Rismana after a video of went viral of Rismana stepping or stomping on a Qur'an. He is reportedly charged with blasphemy.
Rismana's wife was arrested alongside him after authorities accused her of uploading the video on social media.
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)