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View all search resultsIn 2021, the coordinating maritime affairs and investment minister reported two activists for defamation after they made comments in a YouTube video about his alleged involvement in extractive mining in Papua and called the senior minister “lord”.
While communities battling corporations and the state face difficulties, those trying to seek justice for individual cases, such as sexual violence committed by powerful figures in their families, communities or workplaces, fare even worse.
A wave of relief swept through human rights groups as a district court acquitted on Monday activists Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti on all counts of defaming senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan in a YouTube video.
Prosecutors charged Haris and Fatia for defamation under the controversial Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law for their statement against senior cabinet minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan
The senior minister took the stand on Thursday as the plaintiff in a defamation case he brought against two activists, who had posted a YouTube video alleging his connection to a mining company and increased military presence in Papua.
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