reporter: purnama was the first non-muslim governor in a century.sparked concerns about growing religious intolerance in indonesia. minorities, including christians, have been increasingly targeted. outside the courtroom, conservative muslim groups said purnama should be punished more harshly for his comments. >> two years is very lenient, in my opinion, for purnama. compared to the pain of muslims and the sacrifices made by muslims, including the nation that was almost wrecked by a blasphemer. reporter: thousands of police officers were deployed to prevent clashes between critics and supporters of purnama. the former governor says he will appeal the verdict. brent: the last days of the french election were dominated by the high-profile hacking of emmanuel macron's campaign team. intelligence officials say it will not be the last. that is according to a warning by u.s. intelligence experts, including michael rodgers. in testimony before congress, he said his agency had detected an 11th hour attack targeting the newly elected french president. he als

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basuki tjahaja purnama was hurriedly transferred to the high—security police facility in a suburb ofay after his supporters surrounded the jakarta jail he was initially sent to. another aspect of this story is the death threats that have been made against him. joining us now from jakarta is human rights watch researcher andreas harsono. thank you so much forjoining us. you spoke to the sister of the former governor after he was transferred to this new detention facility. what has she told you? she said that there is a fight while for his blood. the fight while —— fatwa. the haram his blood. the fight while —— fatwa. the ha ram says his blood. the fight while —— fatwa. the haram says his blood is haram, even inside prison. there is also a reward for anyone who can kill him in the prison. is he now when a safer place? according to his sister, yes. this new prison is smaller and under police protection. a safer place for her brother. from your standpoint, do you think the former governor's sentence could still be reduced 7 former governor's sentence could still be reduced? it is very di

basuki tjahaja purnama, also known as ahok, was hurriedly transferred to the high—security police facilityter his supporters surrounded the jakarta jail he was initially sent to. another aspect of this story is the death threats that have been made against him. earlier i spoke to andreas harsono from the human rights watch in jakarta. he has spoken to the former governors sister about the state of his incarceration. she said that there is a fatwa for his blood. the fatwa says his blood is halal, even inside prison. there is also a reward for anyone who can kill him in the prison. is he now when a safer place? according to his sister, yes. this new prison is smaller and under police protection. a safer place for her brother. from your standpoint, do you think the former governor's sentence could still be reduced? it is very difficult because one the indonesianjudiciary is becoming more and more strict and, secondly, it takes time, possibly the appeals process. so his sentence is only two years and he will serve at least two thirds of his sentence, about 1.5 years. so even if his appeal is c

in indonesia, a court has ruled to sentence former jakarta governor basuki tjahaja purnama to two years imprisonment after being convicted of religious blasphemy. supporters of the governor, who is known as ahok, gathered outside the courtroom tuesday to protest the verdict and sentence. disappointed. the law is blind. it can no longer tell between right and wrong. ahok has sacrificed being governor, and we have accepted that. we're disappointed in the law in indonesia. amy: go to democracynow.org to see our full interview with journalist allan nairn about how backers of donald trump have joined army officers and a vigilante street movement linked to isis to orchestrate the massive street demonstrations that brought down governor ahok and jakarta -- in jakarta and eventually sought to bring down the indonesian president. in france, hundreds of activists marched to the party headquarters of president-elect emmanuel macron to deliver a petition signed by more than 30,000 people demanding macron support workers rights and progressive programs. this is activist laurent berthet. >> today we