[Deathpenalty] Actions against imminent executions in Indonesia and Bangladesh

[Rick Halperin]

Bangladesh: The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal against its ruling, 
upholding the death
sentence against Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the political party 
Jamaat-e-Islami. All legal
appeals have now been exhausted and his only remaining option is to seek 
clemency from the
President. He has been moved to Dhaka Central Jail and is execution is 
imminent:
http://bit.ly/1NlqyYI





Indonesia: Three death row prisoners were moved on 8 May to Indonesia’s 
Nusakambangan prison island,
where 13 executions were carried out in 2015. On 10 May, the Attorney General 
confirmed to the media
that another round of executions will be carried out soon:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa21/4008/2016/en/