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Bali victims 'gobsmacked' by Amnesty By Kim Christian | September 28, 2007 FRIENDS and relatives of Bali bombing victims have rejected calls by Amnesty International for the lives of three Bali bombers to be spared. The human rights group has called on Australians to write to the Indonesian authorities in a bid to avert the execution of Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron and Amrozi bin Nurhasyim. The three could soon face the firing squad after Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected their final appeals. The three played key roles in the 2002 terrorist attacks on the resort island of Bali, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. Coogee Dolphins member Eric de Haart lost teammates Clint Thompson and Josh Iliffe in the deadly car bombings in Kuta. Mr de Haart said he was "gobsmacked" by Amnesty's action. "I honestly can't believe they would expect anyone who has had anything to do with Bali, or who has been associated with Bali, to support that motion," Mr de Haart said. "That's just beyond belief." He said the bombers had laughed at their crimes and shown no remorse. "There certainly couldn't have been anyone from Amnesty International walking through the morgue like I did, trying to sort through body parts trying to identify my mates. "If Amnesty International should be going in for anyone it should be going in for the Australians, the Bali Nine or Schapelle Corby, trying to get those ones out of jail. "Surely they're the ones they should be concentrating on. "I mean, the Bali Nine have been sentenced to death for carrying drugs. "These people killed 202 people. "I think their bloody priorities are f**ked up.'' Amnesty International Australia anti-death-penalty coordinator Tim Goodwin said the group was stepping up efforts to lobby Indonesian authorities to put a stay on the executions of the bombers. He said Amnesty was universally opposed to the death penalty in any case. But Ray Mavroudis, the cousin of Coogee Dolphins rugby league club member David Mavroudis, 29, who died in the bombings, said he had no sympathy for the convicted bombers. "We're never going to get our relatives and friends and so forth back, so why should they be around?" Mr Mavroudis said. He could not understand why the bombers should have their sentences commuted. "Why, when they've just turned around and done what they've done, knowing full well they were going to kill a certain amount of people?" The Mavroudis family was still struggling with the loss, he said. "You remember the people that you lost at this time of year, not the killers. "They should have already been dealt with." Family and friends of six Coogee Dolphins players who died in the bombings will mark the fifth anniversary of their deaths with a ceremony at Dolphin Point, Coogee, in Sydney's east on October 12. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
