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Graphic: Drugs Land Lots of Foreigners on Death Row in Indonesia
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This file photo taken on February 14, 2006 shows Australians Andrew Chan (C-glasses) and Myuran Sukumaran (R), drug convicts, being escorted by police to court for their trial in Denpasar, on Bali island. Both have been trasferred to Nusakambangan prison for execution.
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Indonesia currently has scores of people on death row for drug crimes, and foreigners account for the majority, says Indonesian human rights group Kontras, citing data from the Ministry of Justice.
Of the 55 inmates facing death sentences for drug-related offenses, 35 are foreigners and 20 are Indonesian citizens, Kontras said.
M. Akbar Hadiprabowo, a spokesman for the Justice and Human Rights Ministry’s directorate general of penitentiaries, refused to confirm whether the data from Kontras is accurate, though he said the ministry did provide Kontras with some official figures.
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He confirmed that there are 20 Indonesian inmates on the list; but refused to go into detail, saying the issue of capital punishment is “sensitive.”
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The country with the second-most citizens on death row for drug crimes in Indonesia is Nigeria, according to the Kontras data, followed by China and Malaysia. The United Kingdom, Pakistan, Australia and Zimbabwe each have two citizens who have been sentenced to death.
Puri Kencana Putri, head of the research team at Kontras, said the non-profit organization considers capital punishment a heinous act and is currently working to bring more attention to its campaign to have it abolished.
Indonesia has harsh laws governing drug trafficking and has executed convicted smugglers in the past. The six inmates who faced the firing squad in January – five of them foreigners – were all drug convicts. President Joko Widodo says Indonesia is facing a drug emergency and has rejected calls for clemency from countries with citizens on death row.
While executions have raised some protests abroad, domestically many Indonesians say they support the death penalty for drug smuggling. [READ: Said On The Street: Should Drug Smugglers Be Executed?]
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Anita Rachman
This file photo taken on February 14, 2006 shows Australians Andrew Chan (C-glasses) and Myuran Sukumaran (R), drug convicts, being escorted by police to court for their trial in Denpasar, on Bali island. Both have been trasferred to Nusakambangan prison for execution.
Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Indonesia currently has scores of people on death row for drug crimes, and foreigners account for the majority, says Indonesian human rights group Kontras, citing data from the Ministry of Justice.
Of the 55 inmates facing death sentences for drug-related offenses, 35 are foreigners and 20 are Indonesian citizens, Kontras said.
M. Akbar Hadiprabowo, a spokesman for the Justice and Human Rights Ministry’s directorate general of penitentiaries, refused to confirm whether the data from Kontras is accurate, though he said the ministry did provide Kontras with some official figures.
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He confirmed that there are 20 Indonesian inmates on the list; but refused to go into detail, saying the issue of capital punishment is “sensitive.”
Click to enlarge.
The country with the second-most citizens on death row for drug crimes in Indonesia is Nigeria, according to the Kontras data, followed by China and Malaysia. The United Kingdom, Pakistan, Australia and Zimbabwe each have two citizens who have been sentenced to death.
Puri Kencana Putri, head of the research team at Kontras, said the non-profit organization considers capital punishment a heinous act and is currently working to bring more attention to its campaign to have it abolished.
Indonesia has harsh laws governing drug trafficking and has executed convicted smugglers in the past. The six inmates who faced the firing squad in January – five of them foreigners – were all drug convicts. President Joko Widodo says Indonesia is facing a drug emergency and has rejected calls for clemency from countries with citizens on death row.
While executions have raised some protests abroad, domestically many Indonesians say they support the death penalty for drug smuggling. [READ: Said On The Street: Should Drug Smugglers Be Executed?]
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