TikTok influencer jailed for nearly three years after video saying Jesus needed a haircut
- A TikTok influencer named Ratu Thalisa has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for violating Indonesia's blasphemy laws over a comment about Jesus needing a haircut.
- The court found Thalisa guilty after five Christian groups accused her of blasphemy, disrupting public order and harming religious harmony.
- In addition to her prison term of two years and ten months, she was fined approximately $6,200, a substantial amount in Indonesia.
- Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, criticized the ruling, calling it a shocking attack on freedom of expression.
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Tiktoker sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for joking that Jesus Christ needs a haircut
The Indonesian transsexual tiktoker Ratu Thalisa was recently sentenced to two years and ten months in prison, for live showing a stamp of Jesus Christ and joking that she needed a haircut.A court in Medan, Sumatra, found Thalisa guilty of spreading hate speech against Christianity, as well as disturbing public order in Indonesian society. Justice also ordered her to pay a fine of 5,600 euros for committing this crime, considering that her actio…
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