U.N. experts urge Indonesia to overturn Jakarta governor`s blasphemy conviction
(WorldNews Indonesia)

U.N. experts urged Indonesia on Monday to free Jakarta`s Christian governor, who was jailed this month for blasphemy - a conviction that risks encouraging Islamists to challenge secularism in the world`s largest Muslim-majority nation. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese popularly known as `Ahok`, was jailed on May 9 for a longer-than-expected two years under a fatwa from Indonesia`s highest Muslim clerical council and after aggressive media campaigns and violent protests. ......