Lawyer of Indonesia cleric says his jail conditions inhumane
NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A lawyer for the spiritual leader of the militants who carried out the 2002 Bali bombings is urging Indonesian authorities to end his "inhumane" treatment in prison.

The radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been confined to a tiny isolation cell on the Nusa Kambangan prison island as part of a broad tightening of security in the wake of the Jan. 14 suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

Authorities say isolation measures, which are also being applied to other top convicted militants, are needed to stop the ailing 77-year-old Bashir from radicalizing prisoners and to cut him off from extremist networks.

Lawyer Mohammad Mahendradatta said Thursday that Bashir is kept in his 2 square meter (22 square foot) cell for 23 hours a day and sleeps on thin mats over a cement floor without blankets.

He is denied reading materials and personal items, regularly awakened from his sleep because of mosquitos, and consultations with medical staff take place behind barriers.

"The condition of his cell is simply shocking and inhumane treatment against him is causing his health to deteriorate," Mahendradatta said.

The claim of mistreatment comes amid heightened concerns among the public and rights groups about possible extrajudicial killings following the recent death in custody of an alleged militant.

Police said the militant, known as Siyono, had concealed a handgun and attacked officers. But an autopsy conducted last week at the request of Siyono's wife and backed by Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second-largest Muslim group, revealed that the 34-year-old died from trauma to the chest and had no defensive wounds on his body.

The findings prompted Indonesia's parliament to summon the national police chief and the anti-terrorism agency chief to a hearing next week.

Bashir, known as the spiritual leader of al-Qaida-linked militants behind the Bali bombings that killed 202 people, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2011.

Prosecutors said he was a key player in supporting a militant training camp in Aceh that brought together men from almost every known extremist group in predominantly Muslim Indonesia. A higher court later cut the sentence to nine years.

Akbar Hadi Prabowo, spokesman for the directorate general overseeing prisons, said Bashir has appropriate facilities for an isolation prisoner.

"The information we have is that Bashir is in a state of good health," he said. "There is no mistreatment against Bashir, he gets proper facilities for the inmate who is placed in isolation."

Mahendradatta said his assessment of Bashir's prison conditions was based on recent access by his team of lawyers.


-- (c) Associated Press 2016-04-15

Sympathy can be found in the dictionary somewhere between S**t and Syphilis !

Sympathy can be found in the dictionary somewhere between S**t and Syphilis !

Exactly.

2 square metres is ample space for this cockroach.

They need to end his inhumane treatment with one of there firing squads......

They need to end his inhumane treatment with one of there firing squads......

Too quick.

Let him suffer.

The health of the bombing victims deteriorated an awful lot quicker, just be thankful that you are still breathing!

Hopefully he is pondering on the dichotomy that as he is one of the only God's chosen people and he has slaughtered innocent people in the name of God, why Allah does not reward him by whisking him out of his 2x2 cell and giving him his own paradise Island full of fast cars, boats and Indonesian hookers. Answer!..................because there is no G....... oh never mind, what's the point. The reality is he should stay in his 2 x 2 room until his bones rot. It is the only justice there will be.

quote "The radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been confined to a tiny isolation cell on the Nusa Kambangan prison island as part of a broad tightening of security in the wake of the Jan. 14 suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital Jakarta."

And here is a message from a friend which should comfort the cleric.

"Oh dear, how sad, never mind."

Bombing all those people was inhumane to...

Bombing all those people was inhumane to...

But they were non-believers so they didn't matter.

He on the other hand is a Muslim cleric and is far more important.

There is some logic in my post but it is a twisted logic.

Bombing all those people was inhumane to...

But they were non-believers so they didn't matter.

He on the other hand is a Muslim cleric and is far more important.

There is some logic in my post but it is a twisted logic.

May be time to enlighten him...

Explain that the god many believe in has a hell for people like him an his cell is a palace compared to hell...

And wish him a speedy "Bon Voyage"

Why does he need a lawyer? I'm sure he can pray to God for salvation.

This is disgusting, my cup of tea is cold

Good News!!!

Sounds like he is getting the treatment he deserves. No need to worry about his living conditions.

A 2 sq. m. cell? Utter luxury for him.

A 6' x 3' wooden box much more appropriate

There is a valid reason that living conditions in prison...are not like a night at the Hilton or Marriott...

Maybe some would-be extremist will consider this when planning some dastardly deed...and not do it...

Is he now enjoying a life of what Islam has bought him?

Funny, I was just thinking about this piece of human offal yesterday. Nothing but good news - rot in jail until the day you die,

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Next.

He gets a mat to sleep on? That's too good for him!

Poor basard,i feel sooooooo sorry for him.

A lawyer for the spiritual leader of the militants who carried out the 2002 Bali bombings is urging Indonesian authorities to end his "inhumane" treatment in prison.

I agree, this piece of crap terrorist and cowardly mass murderer should be executed. Waste of food and good prison space.

Ah, the Saturday Sympathy thread is going well.

Two whole squere meters? Man they can cut that in half, or give him a roommate.