Unfortunate that I have a countryman from the Philippines who is bound to be executed.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Rick Halperin <rhalp...@smu.edu> wrote: > > > > Jan. 29 > > > > INDONESIA: > > Indonesia ready to execute foreigners after rejecting clemency > > > > Indonesia is ready to execute 7 foreign drug convicts on death row after > their appeals for presidential clemency were rejected, an official said, in > a move certain to set Jakarta on a collision course with international > allies. > > The seven include 2 Australian leaders of the "Bali 9" drug-smuggling > gang, who have been on death row for almost a decade. The pair lost their > appeals in December and earlier this month. > > A spokesman for the attorney-general's office revealed late Wednesday that > a further five foreigners have also lost their appeals. He said four were > from France, Brazil, Nigeria and Ghana. > > Local media reported that the 5th was a Philippine woman, and the foreign > ministry in Manila said it was working to prevent the execution. > > 4 Indonesians -- only 1 of them convicted of drugs offences -- had also > lost their bid for clemency. > > "The attorney general's office now has 11 convicts on death row ready to > be executed," spokesman Tony Spontana said. > > Indonesia earlier this month executed 6 drug offenders, including 5 > foreigners, prompting a furious Brazil and the Netherlands -- whose > citizens were among those put to death -- to recall their ambassadors. > > Drug offenders from Vietnam, Malawi and Nigeria were also among those > killed by firing squad. > > Despite his image as a reformist, Indonesia's new President Joko Widodo > has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment for drug offenders, > disappointing rights activists who had hoped that he would take a softer > line on the death penalty. > > - No compromise - > > He has repeatedly vowed to show no clemency to drug traffickers. In a CNN > interview broadcast earlier this week, Widodo vowed: "We are not going to > compromise for drug dealers. No compromise. No compromise." > > 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. > > The Frenchman is Serge Atlaoui, who has been on death row since 2007, > Spontana confirmed. > > In Sydney late Thursday, more than 2,000 Australians, led by local > musicians, gathered in a plea for mercy for their compatriots facing > imminent execution, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. > > Holding candles and signs reading "I stand for mercy", the crowd listened > to speeches and live music. > > "Don't kill him, please don't kill him ... please, president, please > forgive him," Sukumaran's grandmother Edith Visvanathan told the crowd > between sobs. > > The Australian pair were arrested in Bali in 2005 and sentenced to death > the following year for attempting to smuggle 8 kilograms (18 pounds) of > heroin out of the Indonesian holiday island. > > The rejection of their clemency appeals removed the final hurdle to put > the pair to death, as Indonesian authorities said they must be executed > together as they had committed their crime together. > > Lawyers for the pair are planning a last-ditch appeal to their convictions > but the attorney-general's office has said that further legal challenges > are not possible once a clemency bid has been rejected. > > The Frenchman Atlaoui was arrested in 2005 in a secret laboratory > producing ecstasy close to Jakarta. > > (source: Daily Mail) > > > _______________________________________________ > DeathPenalty mailing list > DeathPenalty@lists.washlaw.edu > http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/listinfo/deathpenalty > > Search the Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > deathpenalty@lists.washlaw.edu/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A free service of WashLaw > http://washlaw.edu > (785)670.1088 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Freelance Grails <http://grails.asia/grails-tutorial-for-beginners-hql-queries> and Java <http://javadevnotes.com/> developer _______________________________________________ DeathPenalty mailing list DeathPenalty@lists.washlaw.edu http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/listinfo/deathpenalty Search the Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/deathpenalty@lists.washlaw.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A free service of WashLaw http://washlaw.edu (785)670.1088 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
