Indonesian cleric Ba'asyir appeals sentence [From: Jakarta Post 06 April 2005] JAKARTA (DPA): Indonesian militant Moslem cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir filed an appeal Wednesday against his 30-month prison sentence for being part of the conspiracy behind the Bali bombings in 2002. A team of defence lawyers for Ba'asyir submitted a legal brief to to the South Jakarta district court, which will later be handed over to the Jakarta High Court. In early March, the South Jakarta district court sentenced Ba'asyir to 30 months in prison for his involvement in an "evil conspiracy" that led to the Bali bombings on October 12, 2002 and left 202 people dead, mostly foreign tourists. But the court cleared the 66-year-old Moslem cleric on charges of planning or inciting terrorist attacks. The lenient sentence sparked criticism from Western countries, in particular the United States and Australia, where Ba'asyir is widely seen as the leader of the al-Qaeda-linked regional terror group Jama'ah Islamiyah (JI), blamed for a string of bombing attacks inSoutheast Asia in recent years. However, legal experts expressed no surprise over Ba'asyir's light sentence because the prosecution was plagued by shaky evidence and fickle witnesses. Ba'asyir was first arrested a week after the Bali bombings on October 12, 2002. He was put on trial the following year. Using the ordinary criminal code the court said there was not enough evidence to prove Ba'asyir led JI. However, the court sentenced him to 18 months for immigration offences. Police rearrested Ba'asyir in late April 2004, immediately after being released from jail, and charged him with Indonesia's anti-terror law passed in the wake of the Bali bombings. (*) http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050406154715&ire c=3 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
