Indonesia rejects appeal from woman whose noise complaint led to blasphemy conviction

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a woman whose complaint about the volume of mosque loudspeakers led to an 18-month prison sentence for blasphemy. The ethnic Chinese woman, Meliana, was sentenced in August, more than two years after her comments sparked riots in Tanjung Balai, a port town on the island of Sumatra. A notice on the court's website said the appeal was rejected on March 27. It didn't give a reason. The case has highlighted how Indonesia's bl