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Arnada (Reuters)

Playboy Indonesia editor speaks out from jail

Although I refuse to say that I am guilty for violating criminal law for publishing Indonesia Playboy magazine, it never crossed my mind to run away or to try to avoid the two-year prison sentence handed down to me by the Supreme Court. I am a good citizen who respects the law in Indonesia.On Saturday,…

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Indonesian Playboy editor Erwin Arnada is appealing his conviction and two-year jail sentence. (AP)

Arnada’s Supreme Court appeal continues in Indonesia

Here’s a quick update on the Indonesian Supreme Court’s ongoing hearing to review its decision to sentence Playboy Indonesia editor Erwin Arnada to two years in jail for “public indecency.” It’s a case I’ve been following closely, because the outcome is an indicator of which direction Indonesia will be moving in the coming years –…

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Erwin Arnada, editor of the now-defunct Indonesian edition of Playboy, is appealing his conviction and two-year prison term. (AP)

Playboy editor’s case is a test for Indonesia

On Wednesday, Erwin Arnada, editor of the now-defunct Indonesian edition of Playboy, will be released from Jakarta’s high-security Cipinang prison for a few short hours to stand beside his legal team in Indonesia’s Supreme Court.

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Arnada outside an earlier court hearing. (Reuters/Crack Palinggi)

Indonesian Playboy editor held in high-security prison

Erwin Arnada turned himself in to authorities at Cipinang prison in East Jakarta on October 9 to start serving a two-year sentence for public indecency. His conviction stemmed from pictures he published in a 2006 issue of the now-defunct Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine. On September 30, CPJ called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and…

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