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Posted inIndonesia

Indonesia frees cleric linked to Bali bombing

by AT Contributor January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

A radical cleric linked to the Bali nightclub bombings was freed from prison Friday, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly two decades after more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed in Indonesia’s worst terror attack. Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, is seen as the spiritual leader of Islamist terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), […]

Muslim militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (C-in white) is guarded by Indonesian elite commandos as he leaves the police headquarters to undergo cataract surgery in Jakarta on February 29, 2012. Indonesia's top court on February 27 upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine years.      AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Bali bombing terror mastermind to be freed from prison

by Asia Times staff January 20, 2019February 18, 2020

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