[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

Thu Jan 22 16:46:40 CST 2015

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

Please let us know if you took action so that we can track our impact!

EITHER send a short email to uan at aiusa.org with "UA 305/14" in the subject 
line, and include in the
body of the email the number of letters and/or emails you sent.

OR fill out this short online form to let us know how you took action.

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 uan at 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: ppid at 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_puspenkum at 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: dumas at 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
Fax: 1 202 775 5365  I  Phone: 1 202 775 5200  I  Email: 
ikuhn at embassyofindonesia.org  or
  http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/contactform/contact-form.php

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