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Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012): Jillian van Turnhout: ...civil servant, whose name I will supply to the TÃ¡naiste separately, for having questioned the existence of God on his Facebook profile page. He has been charged under Indonesian law prohibiting blasphemy and faces five years imprisonment if found guilty. The reason I raise this case with the TÃ¡naiste is that Indonesia is one of a number of Islamic states that has cited Irish blasphemy...
Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012): Ivana Bacik: ...protector of human rights. I would like to echo Senator van Turnhout in urging the TÃ¡naiste to take a strong line in support of the Indonesian civil servant she mentioned. We need to examine our blasphemy law because it is clearly having a repressive effect in Indonesia, Pakistan and other countries. I know the matter will be reviewed as part of the constitutional convention, but I...

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