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| Indonesia executes four drug convicts on Nusakambangan | Indonesia executes four drug convicts on Nusakambangan |
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| Indonesia has executed the first four of 14 drug convicts on death row. | 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 (17:00 GMT), 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. | 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". | 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. | 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. | Fourteen, mostly foreign, drug convicts were executed last year to widespread condemnation. |
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| This, the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo, took place at Nusakambangan prison island. | This, the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo, took place at Nusakambangan prison island. |
| Relatives had gathered there earlier in the day to say goodbye to loved ones, according to the Jakarta Post. It also said 17 ambulances were sent to the island - 14 of them carrying coffins. | |
| One source told local media the execution took place at 00:45 Friday, having been postponed because of heavy rain and strong winds. | |
| Those who were executed have been named as Indonesian Freddy Budiman, and three Nigerians - Seck Osmane, Humphrey Jefferson Ejike and Michael Titus Igweh. | |
| Those who remain on death row include three other Indonesians, a Pakistani, an Indian, two other Nigerians and two Zimbabweans. | |
| Activists have been particularly concerned by the cases of the Pakistani man, Zulfiqar Ali - who they say was beaten into confessing to heroin possession - and an Indonesian woman, Merri Utami - who says she was duped into becoming a drug mule. | |
| President Widodo vowed to take a hard line against drug trafficking when he was elected in 2014, saying he would not compromise over death sentences to convicted drug dealers. | |
| Australia withdrew its ambassador from Indonesia for five weeks in protest at the execution of two Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in April 2015. |