ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship Attacks on On-Duty Journalists INDONESIA The Majlis Taklim holds significant influence in Disorders involving the Media in Indonesia West Java and neighbouring areas. Wahyu’s legal 80 defence was provided by the Keadilan Bogor Raya 70 Legal Aid Institute, with support from PAKU ITE, a 64 collective of ITE Law victims formed by SAFEnNet. 60 In a concerning turn of events, Wahyu, who had been detained since March 2023, was released on Nb of Events 50 40 the evening of Aug. 11, 2023, following a scheduled 35 30 verdict hearing at the South Jakarta District Court 29 27 on Aug. 10, 2023. Surprisingly, he was sentenced to 5 months in jail. This outcome has raised 20 serious questions about justice in his case. Wahyu’s situation highlights the misuse of Article 10 1 0 0 2020 0 2021 0 2022 2023 Year 155 TOTAL “hate speech.” It reveals how this law’s flexibility is exploited to address a wide range of online 1 disputes without considering power imbalances. This climate instils fear and discouragement The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), Disorder Involving the Media, (10 February 2024), available at:https://acleddata.com/data-export-tool/ LEGEND Disorders involving the Media 28 (2) of the Indonesian ITE Law, which deals with Disorders involving Fatalities Fig. 2.2B: Disorders involving the Media in Indonesia, 2020-2023. among those wanting to express their opinions, particularly as Indonesia approaches the February 2024 election. Wahyu’s case and the misuse of the ITE Law emphasise the urgent need to protect justice and democracy in Indonesia. Addressing these issues through comprehensive legal reforms will not only rectify current injustices but also strengthen the democratic principles essential for The information used to construct this infographic is sourced from the ACLED database, specifically the dataset titled “Disorders involving Media.” Within this database, we have exclusively selected relevant countries from the ASEAN region, namely Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and the Philippines. However, this infographic only focuses on Indonesia. The events were further filtered based on an additional criterion: date. As our report focuses on events from 2020 to 2023, only those occurring between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2023, have been included the nation’s progress.84 This article also used to stifle environmental activist expression. Daniel Tangkilisan, an environmental activist in Karimunjawa, was sentenced to 7 months in prison and fined 5 million rupiah due to 10, 2020, blogger and journalist Diantara Putra the violation of 28 (2) article. Daniel is a prominent Sumedi from Kalimantan was sentenced to three member of the Karimunjawa Struggle Movement, months and 15 days after publishing a piece online which fights against the illegal intensive shrimp about a land dispute between a palm oil company farming practices. An affiliation of illegal intensive and the indigenous Dayak community considered shrimp farmers filed a lawsuit against Daniel, after to be inflammatory. he commented on his own personal Facebook Wahyu Dwi Indonesia’s 83 Nugroho faced Information charges and under Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law for a TikTok video he posted in mid-2022 regarding shopping at stalls near the influential Majlis Taklim Al Busyro neighbourhood. 92 account, using the term “shrimp brain community” (or birdbrain) as an idiom to criticise the supporters of illegal intensive shrimp farming. (https:// safenet.or.id/2024/04/free-daniel-from-all-unjustaccustaions/) Dawn of Digital Dictatorship: Weaponizing the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia