Alexander Aan of Indonesia has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for saying on Facebook that he doubted the existence of God and posting cartoons of Muhammad. Just for exercising the same freedom that we do every day, he was beaten by a mob and convicted of “deliberately spreading information inciting religious hatred and animosity”. I ask that you please take the time to sign and share a petition for the White House to call on the Indonesian government to free Aan and respect citizens’ right to freedom of belief and expression. The petition has less than a month to gather the 21,000 more signatures needed for an official response, so let’s work fast and do what we can to fight this injustice.
Jul 20 2012
Let’s support Alexander Aan
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Ophelia Benson
July 20, 2012 at 2:06 PM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
xxxxooooo Zinnia.
And in case anyone asks, as someone did at my place – anyone can sign, not just US citizens.
atheistallianceinternational
July 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thank you for supporting Alex Aan Zinnia! If people would like to support Alex in addition to signing the petition they can send him a message of support via AAI, contact the Indonesian authorities and/or donate to the legal/support fund for Alex. For more information: http://www.atheistalliance.org/news-a-articles/archive/495-qwithout-this-i-feel-aloneq.