INDONESIA:
SIX EXECUTED, ELEVEN MORE AT IMMINENT RISK
The Indonesian authorities executed six people by firing squad on 18 January
2015. At least eleven
more people are facing imminent execution.
View the full Urgent Action, including case information, addresses and sample
messages, here.
Rani Andriani alias Melisa Aprilia (Indonesian), Daniel Enemuo (Nigerian), Ang
Kiem Soei (Dutch),
Tran Thi Bich Hanh (Vietnamese), Namaona Denis (Nigerian) and Marco Archer
Cardoso Moreira
(Brazilian) were executed by firing squad just after midnight on 18 January.
All were convicted of
and sentenced to death for drug-related offenses. Five of them were executed on
Nusakambangan Island
while Tran Thi Bich Hanh was executed in Boyolali district, both in Central
Java.
Amnesty International is concerned that more executions will follow. The
Indonesian government
announced in December 2014 that 20 people are scheduled to be executed in 2015.
At least 11 people
are facing imminent execution after their clemency applications were rejected
by President Joko
Widodo in December 2014 and January. According to the Attorney General they
include Syofial alias
Iyen bin Azwar (Indonesian), Harun bin Ajis (Indonesian), Sargawi alias Ali bin
Sanusi (Indonesian),
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (Filipino), Myuran Sukumaran (Australian), Andrew Chan
(Australian), Serge
Areski Atlaoui (French), Martin Anderson alias Belo (Ghanaian), Zainal Abidin
(Indonesian), Raheem
Agbaje Salami (Spanish) and Rodrigo Gularte (Brazilian). They were convicted
for either premeditated
murder or drug-related crimes.
Death sentences in Indonesia are carried out by firing squad. The prisoner has
the choice of
standing or sitting and whether to have their eyes covered, by a blindfold or
hood. Firing squads
are made up of 12 people, three of whose rifles are loaded with live
ammunition, while the other
nine rifles are loaded with blanks. The squad fires from a distance of between
five and 10 metres.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The following is further information on the 11 cases:
* Syofial alias Iyen bin Azwar, Harun bin Ajis and Sargawi alias Ali bin
Sanusi, all Indonesian
nationals, were sentenced to death by the Bangko District Court in November
2001 for the murder
of seven members of an indigenous community (Suku Anak Dalam) in Merangin
District, Jambi
Province.
* Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a Philippine national, was sentenced to death by
the Sleman District
Court in October 2010 for attempting to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of heroin
into Indonesia from
Malaysia at the Yogyakarta airport in April 2010.
* Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, Australian nationals, were sentenced to
death by the Denpasar
District Court in February 2006 for attempting to traffic more than 8
kilograms of heroin to
Australia in 2005.
* Serge Areski Atlaoui, a French national, was initially sentenced to life
imprisonment by the
Tangerang District Court in November 2006 for running a large narcotics
factory in Tangerang
District, Banten Province. However, he was subsequently sentenced to death
in May 2007 by the
Supreme Court.
* Martin Anderson alias Belo, a Ghanaian national, was sentenced to death by
the South Jakarta
District Court in June 2004 after being convicted of possessing 50 grams of
heroin in Jakarta in
November 2003.
* Zainal Abidin, an Indonesian national, was initially sentenced to 15 years
imprisonment by the
Palembang District Court in September 2001 for smuggling 58.7 kilograms of
marijuana. He was
later sentenced to death by the Palembang High Court in December 2001.
* Raheem Agbaje Salami, a Spanish national, was initially sentenced to life
imprisonment by the
Surabaya District Court in April 1999 for smuggling 5.3 kilograms of heroin
into Indonesia at
the Juanda airport, East Java province in September 1998. In May 2006 he
was sentenced to death
by the Supreme Court.
* Rodrigo Gularte, a Brazilian national, was sentenced to death by the
Tangerang District Court in
February 2005 for smuggling 19 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia at the
Cengkareng airport,
Banten province.
View the full Urgent Action here.
Name: Rani Andriani alias Melisa Aprilia (f), Daniel Enemuo (m), Ang Kiem Soei
(m), Tran Thi Bich
Hanh (f), Namaona Denis (m), Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira (m), Syofial alias
Iyen bin Azwar (m),
Harun bin Ajis (m), Sargawi alias Ali bin Sanusi (m), Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso
(f), Myuran Sukumaran
(m), Andrew Chan (m), Serge Areski Atlaoui (m), Martin Anderson alias Belo (m),
Zainal Abidin (m),
Raheem Agbaje Salami (m) and Rodrigo Gularte (m).
Issues: Death penalty, Imminent execution, Legal concern Further information on
UA: 305/14 (5 December 2014) and updates (January 13 2015, 15 January 2015)
Issue Date: 22 January 2015
Country: Indonesia
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EITHER send a short email to u...@aiusa.org with "UA 305/14" in the subject
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Thank you for taking action! Please check with the AIUSA Urgent Action Office
if sending appeals
after the below date. This is the third update of UA 305/14. Further
information:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/003/2015/en. If you receive a
response from a
government official, please forward it to us at u...@aiusa.org or to the Urgent
Action Office address
below.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please write immediately in English, Indonesian or your own language:
* Urging the authorities to immediately halt plans to execute the 11 death
row prisoners;
* Calling on them to establish a moratorium on all executions with a view to
abolishing the death
penalty and to commute all death sentences to terms of imprisonment;
* Pointing out that there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty
deters crime more
effectively than other punishments and that the decision to resume
executions has set Indonesia
against the global trend towards abolition of the death penalty and the
country’s own progress
in this area.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 4 MARCH 2015 TO:
H. E. Joko Widodo
Istana Merdeka
Jakarta Pusat 10110
Indonesia
Fax: 011 62 21 386 4816 /011 62 21 344 2233
Email: p...@setkab.go.id
Twitter: jokowi_do2
Salutation: Dear President
Attorney General
H. M. Prasetyo
Jl. Sultan Hasanuddin No. 1, Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta 12160, Indonesia
Fax: 011 62 21 722 1269 / 011 62 21 725 0213
Email:humas_puspen...@yahoo.co.uk
Salutation: Dear Attorney General
And copies to:
State Secretariat Minister Pratikno
Gedung Sekretariat Negara RI Sayap Timur Lantai 3
Jalan Veteran III No. 10 Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia 10110 Fax: 011 62 21 345 6189
Email: du...@setneg.go.id
Also send copies to:
H.E. Ambassador Budi Bowoleksono, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
2020 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036
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ik...@embassyofindonesia.org or
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