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| Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia banned 'to protect unity' |
| 2017-07-20 |
| [Al Jazeera] Indonesia has banned the Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... group under a controversial presidential decree that gives officials the authority to disband organizations deemed to threaten national unity. The legal status of Hizbut Tahrir, which campaigns for the country to adopt Islamic law and become a caliphate, was revoked on Wednesday to protect Indonesia's unity, according to Freddy Hari, the director-general of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. The group condemned the ban and said it "will not remain silent", vowing to challenge the decision in court. The government's move comes a week after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed a presidential decree that gives the government almost unfettered power to ban groups that go against "national unity and the existence of the Indonesian nation". Legal expert Refly Harun said it was the first time in the reform era that the government had disbanded an organization without due process of law. "The presidential decree is a blank cheque for the government to disband any group without due process of law," he told the AFP news agency. |
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