Indonesia on Thursday, April 7 said it will resume executions of drug
traffickers this year, after a brief hiatus since last year's
controversial executions of mostly foreign convicts, including
Nigerians.
Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo told reporters "more than one" person
would be executed for drug offences this year and foreigners were also
on the list.
"We will not stop. We will step up the war on
drugs," Prasetyo added.
He however declined to name the nationalities of the convicts on death
row.
In 2015, Indonesia executed 14 convicts, including nationals of Nigeria,
Australia, Brazil, and the Netherlands, by firing squad despite
repeated pleas for mercy from foreign governments and international
organisations and activists.
Amid international outrage, Indonesia postponed other scheduled
executions. Officials said it was so the government could focus on
reviving a flagging economy.
source -Reuters
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