Alex Aan, a 31-year-old civil servant, was beaten up by a mob of people in his hometown in Pulau Punjung after he posted the comment, which included an image of the prophet Muhammad, and was then arrested and charged for blasphemy. Although Indonesia has freedom of religion laws, those only apply to people of six faiths: Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism.
MORE: http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheist-in-indonesia-facing-11-years-in-prison-for-saying-god-doesnt-exist-74333/
See also...
Indonesia's atheists face battle for religious freedom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/03/indonesia-atheists-religious-freedom-aan
Indonesian atheist faces long jail sentence for posting "God doesn't exist" on Facebook
http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2012/05/indonesian-atheist-faces-long-jail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewHumanistBlog+%28New+Humanist+Blog%29
