Indonesia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · A Singaporean national, one Steven alias Tan Ching...
- News items in the archive
- 647
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Indonesia is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 647 news items on Indonesia, from 1999 to today.
In Indonesia the death penalty concerns above all drug offences and affects foreign nationals as well. The method is shooting. Executions are carried out in groups, separated by long periods in which none takes place.
The new penal code provides for a probationary period at the end of which the sentence may be commuted. The archive follows sentences, executions and individual cases.
Latest news
- MARCH 26, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA ATTORNEY GENERAL CRITICIZED OVER DEATH PENALTY
legal experts criticized Attorney General Saleh over his rigid stance regarding capital punishment in Indonesia.
- MARCH 20, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING JAPANESE BOSS
the Java Bandung district court in West Java, Indonesia, sentenced a man to death for murdering his Japanese employer last year.
- MARCH 15, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA PROPOSALS TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG OFFENSES REJECTED
“The Indonesian government firmly rejects proposals to abolish capital punishment for drug offences,” Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said.
- JANUARY 29, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER
Metro TV station reported that an Indonesian convict, identified as Zaenal...
- JANUARY 1, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT UPHELD
a court in Malaysia upheld the death sentence on an Indonesian illegal immigrant who was convicted of murdering a female tenant in a five-room house occupied by them in Selayang Baru.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUGE DRUG OPERATION
two Indonesians were sentenced to death for masterminding one of the world’s biggest drug operations, while a Dutchman and Frenchman who helped make the ecstasy and methamphetamine were jailed for life.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. FAMILY OF EXECUTED MAN DEMAND NEW AUTOPSY
the family and lawyers of Dominggus da Silva presented a letter to police...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS TO KEEP THEIR HEADS
Indonesia will not meet a request by three Islamic militants sentenced to death over the 2002 Bali bombings to be executed by decapitation rather than firing squad. Lawyers of Amrozi, Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas and Imam Samudra had said the previous week t
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYITALY-INDONESIA. HANDS OFF CAIN ADHERES TO CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY VIGIL
Hands Off Cain announced it would participate in today’s vigil, promoted by Christian Democratic party leader Pierferdinando Casini, outside the Indonesian embassy in Rome.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHRISTIANS EXECUTED FOR RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE, VIOLENT PROTESTS ENSUE
the execution of three Christians in Indonesia brought thousands of protesters to the streets in the hometown of one of the dead, where they freed prisoners and burned an official's house, a witness said.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES SIGNS UN PROTOCOL BANNING RE-IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Philippines signed a United Nations protocol banning the re-imposition of the death penalty in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-INDONESIA. D'ALEMA TO WIRAJUDA: STOP EXECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema made "a strong appeal" to his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda to make Jakarta authorities stop the execution of the three Christians sentenced to death in Poso.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA SETS DATE FOR EXECUTION OF CHRISTIAN MILITANTS
three Indonesian Christian militants convicted of leading a mob that killed Muslims will be executed on September 21, the convicts' lawyer said, but there was no immediate word on the fate of their clemency appeals.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA ANGERED BY BALI DRUG DEATH SENTENCES
an Indonesian court decision to sentence four young Australians to death for heroin smuggling, overturning their earlier jail terms, sparked an angry political reaction in Australia.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR BALI 9 DEFENDANT A FIRST, LAWYER
there was no legal precedent for the death sentence imposed on Australian drug smuggler Scott Rush...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR OF ‘BALI NINE’
Indonesia's Supreme Court has increased the sentences for four Australians convicted of drug smuggling in Bali to the death penalty, officials said.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. MUSLIMS PARALYSE POSO DEMANDING EXECUTION OF TIBO AND FELLOW PRISONERS
under the banner ‘Poso’s Muslim Friendship and Struggle’, some 4,000 demonstrators...
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHIEF JUSTICE IN SUPPORT OF DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUGS CONVICTS
Chairman of the Indonesian Supreme Court, Bagir Manan, expressed his support for the imposition of death penalty for drugs convicts.
- AUGUST 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHRISTIANS ON DEATH ROW SEEK CLEMENCY
three Christian militants facing execution in Indonesia after being convicted of leading a mob that killed Muslims made a fresh appeal to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said
- AUGUST 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. LAW EXPERT PROPOSES ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
Indonesia should replace the death penalty with a maximum punishment of life and 20 years imprisonment, law expert Todung Mulya Lubis said.
- AUGUST 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHRISTIAN PARTY WANTS POSO EXECUTIONS STAYED
the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) called on the Indonesian government to delay the execution of three Catholics in Palu, Central Sulawesi, convicted of mass murder in a sectarian conflict.
- AUGUST 21, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA DELAYS EXECUTIONS OF BALI BOMBERS
Indonesia put off the executions of three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali blasts, the attorney-general's office said, citing a judicial review planned by defence lawyers.
- AUGUST 11, 2006Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA DELAYS CHRISTIAN MILITANT EXECUTIONS
Indonesia delayed until after August 17 the execution of three Christian militants convicted of killing Muslims, national police chief Sutanto told reporters. Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus Silva were to face a firing squad just after midnight
- JULY 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS DELAYED
the execution of three Bali bombers could be adjourned for months as they planned to file final appeals and to replace the court location for the next trial, lawyers and prosecutors said.
JULY 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. THREE BALI TERRORISTS TO BE EXECUTED ON 22 AUGUST
the three Islamic militants condemned to death for the Bali bombings in 2002 will be executed on 22 August in Nusakambangan prison in Cilacap, central Java province.
- JULY 10, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS' EXECUTION SET
three men on death row for the Bali bombings will be executed by firing squad at the end of the month, according to the Denpasar prosecutors office.
- JULY 4, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT REFUSES EU REQUEST TO CANCEL DEATH PENALTY
Indonesia refused the demand of the ambassadors of the European Union to revoke the country's death penalty.