Following the October 2002 Bali bombings Indonesia adopted Government Regulation in Lieu of Law 1/2002 . Under the Indonesian legal system , a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law has the same power as a parliament-enacted legislation , except that it can only be issued under emergency circumstances and is subject to review by the next parliamentary session . Nevertheless , Indonesian Parliament enacted this emergency regulation into Law 15/2003 . As since , Indonesia has an anti-terror legislation with strong political support . The Anti Terror Law cultivates many criticism , however . The Law contained provisions which can circumvent normal criminal proceeding such as quick and long detention . One of the main contentious provision of the Law is that it allows Intelligence Information to be used as a preliminary evidence that can be used for apprehending a suspect . The role of Intelligence Information as evidence has been a subject of hot debate in Indonesia Article 8 of the Anti-Terror Law ( Law 3713 ; April 1991 ) , slightly amended in 1995 and later repealed , imposed three-year prison sentences for " separatist propaganda . " Despite its name , the Anti-Terror Law punished many non-violent offences . Pacifists have been imprisoned under Article 8 . For example , publisher Fatih Tas was prosecuted in 2002 under Article 8 at Istanbul State Security Court for translating and publishing writings by Noam Chomsky , summarizing the history of the human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey ; he was acquitted , however , in February 2002
2002 Bali bombings
2002 Bali bombings
Anti-terrorism legislation