Indonesia: Jailed For Complaining

Global Voices by Carolina Rumuat | May. 31, 2009 (News Report)

The case of Prita Mulyasari, a mother of two, is currently the hot topic among Indonesian bloggers. She wrote an online complaint letter [id] against a private hospital in Tangerang, one of Jakarta's suburban areas, and now she is being charged for violating chapter 27 verse 3 of the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (UU ITE) [id].

Prita shared her experience of being maltreated by the hospital on a mailing-list. The hospital took legal ... Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - May. 31, 2009

while not knowing this publication very well, it seems like a straight up story. If this happened in the U.S., the ACLU would and should go crazy.

I fail to see what the difference of complaining on the internet or a newspaper matters. Unless the Indonesian government are afraid it will get picked up globally.

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