JAKARTA– Indonesia is ready to execute seven
foreigners on death row after their appeals for presidential clemency
were rejected, an official said, despite an international outcry
following recent executions.
Authorities had already revealed that the two Australian leaders of
the “Bali Nine” drug-smuggling gang had lost their appeals for clemency
from President Joko Widodo(photo), and would likely soon face the firing squad.
A spokesman for the attorney-general’s office revealed that a further
five foreign drug convicts had recently lost their appeals, from
countries including France, Brazil, Nigeria and Ghana. Four Indonesians
on death row had also lost their appeals.
“The attorney general’s office now has 11 convicts on death row ready
to be executed,” spokesman Tony Spontana said late Wednesday.
Spontana said a decision had not yet been made on when or where the
convicts would be executed, only that more than one would face the
firing squad in the next round.
Indonesia earlier this month executed six drug offenders, including
five foreigners, prompting a furious Brazil and the Netherlands — whose
citizens were among those put to death — to recall their ambassadors.
Sources: –
AFP
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