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Indonesia's flag: one of Myuran Sukumaran's final painting (more here)The Indonesian President's chief political rival promised to publicly support Joko Widodo if he granted clemency to Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.The West Australian can reveal that military strongman Prabowo Subianto twice privately assured Mr Joko there
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President Barack Obama meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in theOval Office, April 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)For a moment last year, it looked
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Hungary's Viktor OrbanEuropean Union leaders are warning Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban that he is in for "a fight" if he considers restoring the death penalty, which is now banned throughout the 28-nation bloc.EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Orban "should immediately make30
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So certain were some Philippine newspapers that convicted drug smuggler Mary Jane Veloso would face the firing squad in Indonesia after midnight Tuesday that they had already declared her dead."Death came before dawn," read the headline of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest
One of the pharmaceutical manufacturers that produces a drug used in Oklahoma’s botched execution last year has asked the state to return all of the doses of the drug.Illinois-based Akorn is one of several manufacturers that makes the sedative midazolam, which is part of a three-drug cocktail used30
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Serge Atlaoui: "I'm not a drug baron"François Hollande says Indonesia faces ‘consequences’ if Serge Atlaoui is put to death over drug offences after execution of eight other offendersParis has stepped up diplomatic efforts to save a French welder from death row in Indonesia after the execution of29
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Politicians of all sides unite to condemn killing of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, as Australian government ponders diplomatic responseAustralia must respond strongly to Indonesia's execution of 2 citizens, the Labor opposition said, as MPs from all sides of politics expressed their anger at
Robert PruettThe planned execution of Robert Pruett has been stayed to allow for more testing of evidence, about 3 hours before the Texas prisoner was scheduled to be given a lethal injection for the murder of a guard in 1999.Pruett, 35, was convicted in 2002 of killing of Daniel Nagle, a Leggi
Ambulances carry the bodies of the foreignersexecuted tonight on Nusa Kambangan island.The bodies of the foreigners executed in Indonesia, including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, have arrived via ambulance on the mainland of Indonesia. It will be another 10 hours or so before they reach
The authorities in Pakistan this morning executed a mentally-ill man – the 100th prisoner to be killed since the government resumed executions in December.Muneer Hussain, from the remote area of Azad Kashmir, was convicted of murder in 2000. Mr Hussain was a long-term sufferer of a serious mental27
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Robert PruettRobert Pruett alleges he was framed by other inmates in killing of guard Daniel Nagle but prosecutors said Pruett was upset over disciplinary infractionA Texas inmate who was convicted of murder based on testimony from other prisoners has asked the US supreme court to block his27
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Attorney General M PrasetyoThe Attorney General’s Office has said that the executions of nine drug convicts will continue despite protests from the governments of the convicts’ countries of origin.“All countries whose citizens will be executed will certainly approach the government, but they30
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An Australian woman faces a possible death sentence for drug trafficking in Malaysia after a prosecutor said Thursday a chemist's report confirmed the substance found in her bag was crystal methamphetamine.Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, a 52-year-old mother of 4, was arrested on December 7 at Kuala30
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Kalynda Davis, Peter GardnerHours before the Bali 9 duo were shot dead, another young Australian man came a step closer to facing execution overseas.Sydney man Peter Gardner, 25, has had his death penalty case in a Chinese courtroom brought forward by almost 6 months and will go on trial in the30
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The convict Abdul Gaffur murdered an 8-year-old girl in 1991 after rape.A death row convict was hanged in Vehari District jail today (Wednesday), Dunya News reported.According to details, the convict Abdul Gaffur murdered an 8-year-old girl in 1991 after rape.District and Session judge Lodhara
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Kim Jong-unSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has executed 15 high-ranking government officials this year, as its leader, Kim Jong-un, continues to struggle to establish his monolithic authority more than three years after assuming power, the South Korean intelligence agency told lawmakers on29
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60 more drug convicts to face firing squadThe National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has revealed that 60 more death row convicts were waiting their turn for execution."Around 60 people sentenced to death for drug trafficking are waiting their turn to be executed," kompas.com quoted BNN head Anang29
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Axl RoseGuns N' Roses singer pleads for clemency for men accused of smuggling drugs who have since been executedAxl Rose sent a letter to Indonesian President Joko Widodo yesterday, pleading for clemency for two members of the so-called "Bali Nine" – nine people arrested in 2005 for
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9 death row prisoners were hanged in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz on Wednesday April 22.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), among these 9 prisoners, three were charged with murder and 6 others were charged with drug related crimes, three of whom were the citizens
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Defying intense pressure from the international community, the government executed 8 death row prisoners early on Wednesday on Nusakambangan prison island near Cilacap in Central Java."We've carried out the executions," said an Attorney General's Office (AGO) official, talking to the press on28
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Nusa Kambangan Island, off Java, IndonesiaJakarta. Executioners and a total of 12 ambulances carrying coffins have been deployed to Nusakambangan prison island, ahead of the imminent killing, for drug offenses, of eight foreigners and one Indonesian national.“Each person will face 14 executors,”27
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Andrew Chan and Febyanti got engaged in February 2015.BALI Nine ringleader Andrew Chan has married his fiancee, Febyanti Herewila, in a prison ceremony on the eve of his execution.The ceremony took place at Besi Prison on Nusakambangan island, Chan’s older brother Michael confirmed after arriving27
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April 25, 2015: A drug trafficker was executed in south China’s Guangdong Province following approval by the Supreme People’s Court. The gang leader was sentenced to death for smuggling more than 6.5 kg of heroin from southwest China’s Yunnan Province to Guangdong. Between March to December 201130
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Justice minister Michael Keenan omitted the line when he updated the ministerial direction to the Australian federal police in May 2014The Abbott government faces questions over its decision to remove the principle of opposition to the death penalty from the high-level instructions that apply to30
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The United States Supreme CourtWASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate Wednesday about capital punishment, trading unusually combative words in a case involving a drug used in several botched executions.The justices are considering the plea of death row inmates in30
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Darkness at noon: Public execution in Iran (file photo)On Thursday morning, 23rd April, 5 prisoners who had been charged with drug related crimes, went to the gallows, in Kerman city and Jiroft city.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency
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Rodrigo GulartePriest who counselled Rodrigo Gularte – who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – says he tried in vain for three days to explain to the inmate he was about to dieA Brazilian man executed by firing squad along with seven other prisoners in IndonesiaWhile there are foreigners languishing on death row across Asia, where several countries impose the death penalty for drugs offences, it is rare for authorities to execute them.Indonesia's decision to put 8 foreigners to death for drugs offences (...) has sparked international outrage.Jakarta hasA top official from Australia's foreign ministry called the death penalty an "abuse of state power" Wednesday after the reported execution of 2 Australian drug convicts in Indonesia.Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were the ringleaders of the "Bali 9" heroin trafficking gang and were sentenced to28
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Amid corruption allegations and political posturing, Australia’s neighbours have executed the Bali Nine pair and six others. In our reaction, we do not need to hold back for fear of being seen as arrogant westernersEveryone was so polite. Not because they are naturally well-mannered, but because28
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President WidodoFairfax Media’s Indonesian correspondent, Jewel Topsfield, has filed a report saying there’s no indication Indonesian President Joko Widodo will make a last minute show of mercy.It now looks almost certain that death row prisoners imprisoned on Indonesia’s Nusa Kambangan Island28
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Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have been afforded little dignity as they go to the firing squad, their families forced to run a gauntlet before their farewells, and the men denied the comfort of close friends in their final minutes.Indonesia's Attorney General still hadn't made it official, but
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Mary Jane Fiesta VelosoThe Sleman District Court (PN) on Monday rejected a second appeal for a case review (PK) submitted by Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a death row inmate from the Philippines."PN Sleman has declared that Mary Jane's 2nd PK request is rejected," the court's spokesperson, Marliyus27
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April 26, 2015: Authorities in Egypt have hanged five people convicted of murder and theft, the interior ministry said. They were executed in a prison in the southern province of Assyut after the appeals process had been exhausted, a ministry statement said. No more details were supplied about