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Movie Ban Appeal Rejected By Jakarta Court

Balibo Movie Ban Appeal Rejected By Jakarta Administrative Court

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By Ismira Lutfia

JAKARTA (Jakarta Globe/Pacific Media Watch): The Jakarta Administrative Court on Thursday rejected the Alliance of Independent Journalist's appeal to overturn the ban on the Australian film Balibo about the deaths of six journalists in East Timor.

Sholeh Ali, a lawyer from the Legal Aid Center for the Press (LBH Pers), which is representing the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in proceedings at the State Administrative Court, said the court's decision was "vague".

"The judges have referred to the wrong provisions and they have applied them to this case ambiguously," said Sholeh after the final hearing of the case ended.

Wahyu Dhyatmika, chairman of the Jakarta chapter of the AJI, told the Jakarta Globe that they expected such an outcome. The AJI blamed a lack of attentiveness from the judges when hearing the testimony of Shirley Shackleton, a widow of one of the six Australian-based journalists killed in Timor-Leste during the incursions and invasion by Indonesia in 1975.

"This is a setback to press freedom and free speech in Indonesia," said Wahyu, adding that they will file a fresh appeal over the verdict within a week.

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