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Fall of Ahok puts focus back on Indonesia's blasphemy laws
The Ahok verdict has sparked candlelit vigils from Bali to Papua. The Indonesian diaspora in Australia have organised protests. But can the blasphemy law be changed?
Jewel Topsfield is Fairfax's Indonesia correspondent. She is an award-winning journalist who has been with Fairfax Media for 10 years. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age for five years. Prior to that she was the launch deputy editor of the National Times, Fairfax’s online opinion site. She also spent three years in the Canberra Press Gallery covering immigration, education, the environment and water.
The Ahok verdict has sparked candlelit vigils from Bali to Papua. The Indonesian diaspora in Australia have organised protests. But can the blasphemy law be changed?
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