Indonesia: Further information on Fear of torture / Possible prisoners of conscience.

Index Number: ASA 21/038/2003
Date Published: 30 July 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Indonesia

Amnesty International has learned that six named people were each sentenced to four and a half months' imprisonment for "insulting the President or Vice-president" on 4 June. All six were released five days later, having already served the sentence in pre-trial detention.