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Indonesia planning mass executions after Ramadan
Source: Agence France-Presse
Indonesia planning mass executions after Ramadan
Agence France-Presse
Tuesday 14 June 2016 05.55 BST
Indonesia plans to put 16 convicts to death after next month’s Muslim Eid holiday, an official said Tuesday, confirming executions were set to resume after a hiatus.
The death row convicts will be executed “immediately after” the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Mohammad Rum, a spokesman for the attorney-general’s office, told AFP, but he did not give a precise date.
Ramadan ends with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which falls in Indonesia on 6 and 7 July.
Rum did not say who would face the firing squad, but Indonesia has been waging a campaign against narcotics and in 2015 executed 14 drug convicts, mostly foreigners, sparking international outrage.
There have been no executions since April last year, with Indonesia saying it was pausing capital punishment to focus on fixing its slowing economy.
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Agence France-Presse
Tuesday 14 June 2016 05.55 BST
Indonesia plans to put 16 convicts to death after next month’s Muslim Eid holiday, an official said Tuesday, confirming executions were set to resume after a hiatus.
The death row convicts will be executed “immediately after” the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Mohammad Rum, a spokesman for the attorney-general’s office, told AFP, but he did not give a precise date.
Ramadan ends with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which falls in Indonesia on 6 and 7 July.
Rum did not say who would face the firing squad, but Indonesia has been waging a campaign against narcotics and in 2015 executed 14 drug convicts, mostly foreigners, sparking international outrage.
There have been no executions since April last year, with Indonesia saying it was pausing capital punishment to focus on fixing its slowing economy.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/14/indonesia-planning-mass-executions-after-ramadan
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