Indonesia 2009
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News on Indonesia in 2009
- DECEMBER 4, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN LABOURER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Alan Setiawan, 39, a labourer from Indonesia was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO PRAWN SELLERS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prawn sellers were sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in 36,220 grams of
- OCTOBER 27, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ACEH (INDONESIA): STONING LAW TO BE REVIEWED
an Islamic law authorising the stoning to death of adulterers and the whipping of homosexuals in Indonesia's
- OCTOBER 12, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NEW INDONESIA STONING LAW IS 'TORTURE': RIGHTS GROUP
a new law mandating death by stoning and flogging for adulterers in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province advocates "torture" and should be overturned, US-based group Human Rights Watch said.
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
LAWYERS ACT TO SAVE NIGERIAN ON DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA
Nigerian Titus Ani was convicted of smuggling heroin in Indonesia, without what members of Amnesty International described as “experienced lawyers carefully preparing and presenting his case”.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ONE SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indonesian Nasir Ibrahim, 31, was given the mandatory death sentence by the Malaysian High Court after
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: RELIGIOUS LEADERS OPPOSE BYLAW ON STONING OF ADULTERERS
Indonesian religious leaders criticised a bylaw passed by Aceh's provincial legislative council to stone adulterers to death.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: ANOTHER TWO ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Indonesian nationals from East Aceh were sentenced to death by hanging by the Shah Alam court in
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
a Shah Alam court in Selangor, Malaysia, sentenced an Indonesian national to death. Judge Su Geok Yiam
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: ACEH COUNCIL PASSES BYLAW ON STONING ADULTERERS TO DEATH
Indonesia's province of Aceh passed a new law making adultery punishable by stoning to death, a member of the province's parliament said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA'S ACEH TO EXCLUDE STONING ADULTERERS UNDER SHARIA LAW
Indonesia's staunchly Muslim Aceh province asked provincial lawmakers to hold off including stoning to death as a punishment for married adulterers in a new bill set to pass into law.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: ACEH'S PLAN TO STONE `ETHICAL' CRIMINALS WIDELY CONDEMNED
human rights activists and legislators in Indonesia condemned the Aceh Legislative Council's (DPRD) plan to pass a regional bill that would see those found guilty of "ethical" crimes, such as adultery, stoned in public.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: STATE-SECRETS LAW WOULD CARRY DEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian House of Representatives and the government agreed to pass a state
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: ACEH TO STONE ADULTERERS UNDER STRICT ISLAMIC LAW
Indonesia's staunchly Muslim Aceh province is set to enforce a strict form of Islamic criminal law, including
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: PROSECUTORS LAMENT DELAYS IN THE EXECUTIONS OF DRUG CONVICTS
Tangerang prosecutors criticised violations of the Indonesian Criminal Code Procedure (KUHAP) that delay executions for years.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
in five cases of people sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the Tangarang District Court in Indonesia, the West Java High Court reduced death sentences to life sentences
- AUGUST 1, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: DEATH ROW INMATES SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
in Indonesia, the Chief of the Jambi Prosecutor's Office, Daniel Tombe Marrung, said three men will be executed unless their request for a pardon is granted by the President.
- JULY 31, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
a 26-year-old Indonesian from Aceh was sentenced to death by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, for trafficking in 854.2g of cannabis.
- JULY 29, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: KONTRAS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS
the Indonesian Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) opposes the passing of death penalties on terrorists in Indonesia.
- JULY 23, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH ROW PRISONER GOES FREE AFTER APPEAL
an Indonesian businessman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia was freed by the Federal Court.
- MAY 21, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: GROUPS DENOUNCE AGO PLAN TO CAP EXECUTION APPEALS
human rights groups criticised Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office plan to limit the time death row inmates could lodge a final case review to 30 days.
- MAY 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKER IN SAUDI ARABIA SENTENCED TO DEATH
the family of Indonesian migrant worker Eti Toyib Anwar, 35, of Majalengka regency in West Java, asked the government's assistance after she was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering her employer
- APRIL 25, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: 14 INDONESIANS FACE DEATH SENTENCES IN SAUDI ARABIA
as many as 14 Indonesians are facing death sentence from Saudi Arabia courts for alleged involvements in several murder cases.
APRIL 6, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SERIAL KILLER
an Indonesian man who confessed to murdering 11 people was sentenced to death.
- MARCH 17, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: USE OF DEATH PENALTY INCREASED
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has overseen a steep
- MARCH 16, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: BALI 9 APPEALS MAY BE CURTAILED
Indonesia's Supreme Court prepared a new edict giving prosecutors the right to speed the execution of death row inmates.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: NUSAKAMBANGAN INMATES WAITING FOR EXECUTION
as many as 65 inmates detained at Nusakambangan Penitentiary in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, are still waiting for their execution.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
two Indonesians, Hasan Rawi, 42, and Bahari Mohd Talib...
two Indonesians, Hasan Rawi, 42, and Bahari Mohd Talib...
FEBRUARY 18, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: 109 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
Data released this week by the Attorney General’s Office show that 41 of 109 inmates on
- FEBRUARY 14, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: AGO THREATENS TO EXECUTE DEATH-ROW GUNAWAN SANTOSA
the Indonesian Attorney General's Office warned that it would soon execute death-row convict Gunawan Santosa for double murders, should he not file an immediate appeal against his conviction.