Responding to the sentence demands of the public prosecutor against Delpedro Marhaen and his three colleagues in the incitement case related to the August 2025 mass protests being heard at the Central Jakarta District Court, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:
"The prosecutor is sending the wrong message that voicing criticism is a criminal act. This claim also justifies the 'silencing operation' scheme by the state against critics, which civil society has already warned about.
"The prosecutor is sending the wrong message that voicing criticism is a criminal act. This claim also justifies the 'silencing operation' scheme by the state against critics, which civil society has already warned about.
