Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Indonesia

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 2 Years, 4 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: January/15/2020

Date of Sentencing: June/3/2020

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Doctrine) Expression about Religion

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy

Paruru Daeng Tau

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Paruru Daeng Tau was imprisoned on expression about religion.

On January 15, 2020, police in South Sulawesi arrested and charged Tau, the head of the Organization for Implementing the Mandate of Adat and Pancasila (LPAAP), with blasphemy after receiving a complaint that Tau claimed to be the final prophet of Islam and instructed his followers to ignore the basic tenets of Islam.

On June 3, 2020, Tau was found guilty and sentenced to two years and four months in prison for “insulting a religion" or "preventing a person from adhering to any religion based on a belief in God” (Art. 156a ICC).

Tau's sentence should have ended.

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