Human rights groups and lawyers have lobbied President Joko Widodo to grant the prisoners clemency, but the hardline leader received similar petitions a year ago and denied them.
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Security has been tightened at Nusa Kambangan prison island in preparation for the executions, which are expected within days.
Ali was arrested in November 2004 in connection with a 300 gram heroin case in Jakarta.
A Pakistani drug convict who is facing execution in Indonesia, pleaded for his life on Wednesday.
Indonesia will execute several people including a Pakistani on Friday, a Pakistani embassy official said, its first executions since past year when it put to death 14 people, a lot of them foreign drug convicts, sparking an worldwide outcry.
Rights groups have mounted a campaign to save her, and 10 women’s rights activists were detained by police Thursday in Cilacap – the port city closest to the prison island – as they rallied in support of her.
“I find it deeply disturbing that Indonesia has already executed 19 people since 2013, making it the most prolific executioner in Southeast Asia”, he said.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday called on Indonesia to end the “unjust” use of the death penalty, while the European Union urged Jakarta to stop the “cruel and inhumane punishment, which fails to act as a deterrent”.
14 death row convicts are set to be executed in Indonesia, the third under President Joko Widodo.
Despite several clemency appeals and diplomatic efforts from relevant governments, Muhammad Rum, a spokesman for Indonesia’s attorney general said the executions would go ahead. Fourteen were put to death a year ago.
“Their families were given until 3 pm today to visit them so it is likely that the executions would be carried out tonight”.
“The death penalty does not deter crime”. It said his case has not been properly reviewed by Indonesian authorities despite an internal government investigation casting doubt on the conviction for drug trafficking.
Mr Gunawan said that legally those prisoners who had filed for presidential clemency should be taken off the execution list because they had not exhausted all their legal avenues.
Cilacap: Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has stressed Australia’s opposition to the death penalty to Indonesia as the nation counts down the hours until it executes about 14 convicted drug felons.
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Pakistan on Monday urged Indonesia to stay Ali’s execution, citing concern that his 2005 trial had been unfair. But analysts say that this supposed drug problem is misguided and that drug use in Indonesia remains relatively low compared to other countries.
