Free Speech in Indonesia

Legal Issues and Public Interest Litigation
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-66148-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 429 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

This book discusses the practice of free speech and its limitations – defamation and hate speech – in the context of Indonesia.

Focusing on several legislations, mainly in the Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) and the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (The ITE Law), the analysis centers on defamation and hate speech and how public interest defense is implemented in such limitations. The book discusses free speech in Indonesia through historical context and legal framework, both national and international. Detailed analyses of laws and case studies are provided, and the author examines key judicial decisions in defamation and hate speech cases that occurred in offline and online realms. The book demonstrates that Indonesia has ratified international human rights frameworks but that democracy in Indonesia has been declining in recent years, particularly due to the restrictions on free speech imposed by laws, which has resulted in a significant increase in cases involving free speech limitations.

Offering a much-needed analysis of free speech and its implementation in Indonesia, this book will be of interest to academics studying Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Human Rights, Media Law, and Law in Asia.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Putra, Eka Nugraha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Historical Context of Free Speech in Indonesia

Chapter 3: Legal Framework for Free Speech in Indonesia

Chapter 4: Limitations on Freedom of Speech in Indonesia

Chapter 5: Public Interest Defense and Freedom of Speech in Indonesia

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Eka Nugraha Putra is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Trusted Internet Community – National University of Singapore. His research includes criminal law, cyber law, media law, human rights, and free speech.