Jakarta – Hundreds of students of Ngruki Islamic boarding school staged a rally on Sunday outside the Surakarta Police in Central Java, demanding the police to release Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

The students of the school, which was established by Ba'asyir, urged the government to revoke the recent emergency decrees on terrorism.

Muhammad Hasyim, who lead the rally, told El Shinta radio station that Ba'asyir arrest was not fair and that the government must release him soon.

B'asyir is currently being detained in Jakarta on charges of a series bombing in the country in 1999 and 2000. The police expected to sent Ba'asyir dossier to the prosecutor office this month.