Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Indonesia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Orthodox

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: December//2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Blasphemy (Religious Texts) Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Gratia Pello

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Gratia Pello is detained for blasphemy.

In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school, in relation to his popular YouTube videos, in which he often compared Christianity to Islam. Police reportedly questioned Pello over comments he made about the Prophet Muhammad and his family in a February 2022 video.

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