Tiktoker was sentenced to imprisonment because he told Jesus to cut his hair

An Indonesian Tiktoker was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison after allegedly “talking” to a picture of … Jesus on her phone and told him to … cut his hair. Ratou Thalissa, a Muslim trans woman with more than 442,000 followers in Tiktok, was in live broadcast when she made the controversial comment, responding to a message from a follower telling her to cut her hair to look more like a man. On Monday, a court in Mentan, Sumatra, ruled the warmth guilty of disseminating hatred under a controversial law on online hate speech and sentenced her to prison. The court said that her comments could disturb the “public order” and “religious harmony” in society, accusing her of blasphemy. According to the BBC, the court ruling was followed by multiple lawsuits by Christian groups that accused the Thalisa of damn. Her conviction has sparked a reaction of human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which has characterized […]
Source: News Beast

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