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Indonesia executes four drug convicts on Nusakambangan | |
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Indonesia has executed the first four of 14 drug convicts on death row. | |
One Indonesian and three Nigerians were killed by firing squad shortly after midnight local time, reports say. There has been no confirmation yet from the government. | |
The remaining 10 are expected to be put to death in the coming days. | |
Human rights organisation Amnesty International condemned the executions as a "deplorable act that violates international and Indonesian law". | |
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, and has faced intense criticism internationally for resuming executions. | |
Fourteen, mostly foreign, drug convicts were executed last year to widespread condemnation. | |
This, the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo, took place at Nusakambangan prison island. | |
"[The execution] was at 00:45," an unnamed source was as quoted by Indonesia's Antara news agency. |