Previous post Next post

Swiss tourist faces charges in Bali for allegedly insulting religious holiday

A Swiss tourist has been arrested by the Indonesian authorities in Bali accused of using expletives to denigrate a Hindu religious holiday observed on the tourist island. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss man, whose age is unknown, faces up to five years in prison on hate speech charges, a spokesman for the Bali police said. Bali’s Day of Silence or “Nyepi,” was celebrated last Thursday and requires locals and tourists on the Hindu-majority island to stay at home for 24 hours for self-reflection. No work, travel, entertainment and even electricity use is discouraged. The Swiss national was arrested on Saturday after he was reported to police over an Instagram post in which he allegedly repeatedly swore when referring to the religious holiday. Bali attracts millions of foreign visitors each year. Adapted from Italian by AI/sb How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate ... Full story here Are you the author?
About Swissinfo
Swissinfo
SWI swissinfo.ch – the international service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Since 1999, swissinfo.ch has fulfilled the federal government’s mandate to distribute information about Switzerland internationally, supplementing the online offerings of the radio and television stations of the SBC. Today, the international service is directed above all at an international audience interested in Switzerland, as well as at Swiss citizens living abroad.
Previous post See more for 3.) Swissinfo Business and Economy Next post
Tags: ,,

Permanent link to this article: https://snbchf.com/2026/03/swiss-tourist-faces-charges-bali-allegedly-insulting-religious-holiday/

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.