Four prisoners have been executed at Nusa Kambangan prison in Indonesia, while 10 have been spared the firing squad, in the first round of executions since two Australians were put to death a year ago.
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The government had said earlier in the week that 14 people on death row, mostly foreigners, would be executed for drug crimes.
The convicts include a Pakistani, an Indian, a Senegalese, two Zimbabweans and six Nigerians, as well as four Indonesians, including a 42-year-old woman. For us, this is really a sad job because it involves people’s lives.
Reacting to the execution, the spokesperson for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said it was unfortunate the agency could not stop the process.
In a late night tweet Maryam said: “Despite bleak chance of success, PM NS [Nawaz Sharif] decided to make one more attempt to have Zulfiqar’s execution suspended & Alhamdolillah it happened”.
“President Jokowi should recognize the well-documented failure of the death penalty as a crime deterrent and allow Indonesia to join the growing number of countries that have abolished capital punishment,”said Phelim Kine, HRW’s deputy Asia director”.
“Such death sentences are unlawful and tantamount to an arbitrary execution as they are undertaken in contravention of Indonesia’s worldwide human rights obligations”, warned the Special Rapporteurs in the statement issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Indonesia has become a “business field” for the production, distribution, import and export of drugs, Prasetyo said.
“Drug crimes are generally not considered to meet this threshold”.
Of the more than 1,600 publicly announced executions previous year, Amnesty says almost 90 percent of them were in three countries: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran. The sister of a Pakistani man.
“Jokowi should also ban the death penalty for drug crimes, which worldwide law prohibits, rather than giving the go-ahead for more multiple executions”.
Nadeem said whether he was excused or his execution delayed, and he could give no additional details that were legal at the moment regarding Zulfiqar Ali’s case, but he said Indonesian authorities would shortly inform Pakistani officials of the details.
Authorities stepped up preparations with ambulances carrying coffins seen crossing over to Nusakambangan island.
“Under global law, if the death penalty is to be used at all, it should only be imposed for the ‘most serious crimes, ‘ namely those involving intentional killing”, said Mr Ban in a statement issued by his office.
Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said the executions are expected to be completed no later than Sunday.
CILACAP, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian television networks say the government has carried out executions of people convicted of drug crimes.
“His last wish was to be given the opportunity to obtain legal rights like other inmates on death row, the clemency”, said Osmane after viewing his brother’s body. He said that he has also received some SMS about the execution of the Pakistani national.
Three more Nigerians will be executed between now and Saturday, according to Amnesty International.
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Indonesia Aqil Naseem had cited findings of an internal investigation which found “serious breaches of a fair trial” and urged that the case be reviewed.
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“Their families were given until 3pm today to visit them so it is likely that the executions would be carried out tonight”.
