Abu Bakar Bashir, the 82-year-old radical cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, is set to walk free later this week, the Indonesian government announced on January 4, 2021.
Considered the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network, Bashir is one of Indonesia’s most notorious extremists.
His release date is set for January 8, 2021, the day he completes his prison sentence after being arrested in 2011 for having links to…