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
- 644
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 644 news items on Indonesia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MARCH 3, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Adnan Buyung Nasution, noted Indonesian lawyer and...
Adnan Buyung Nasution, noted Indonesian lawyer and human rights campaigner, said the death penalty for drug smugglers was acceptable on account of the bad impact their acts had on people of all ages
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amroz, one of the key Bali bombing suspects, claimed...
Amroz, one of the key Bali bombing suspects, claimed that he was not afraid of a possible death sentence to be imposed upon him for his actions
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Khofifah Indar Parawansa, chairwoman of Indonesia's...
Khofifah Indar Parawansa, chairwoman of Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama, expressed support for the death penalty as a maximum punishment for crimes that had wide implications such as narcotics abuse, rape and corruption
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Indonesia...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Indonesia would have Australia's blessing if it imposed the death penalty on anyone convicted of the Bali bombings
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last...
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last ditch effort to save Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey from a death sentence for importing heroin into Indonesia
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty...
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty warned that imposing the death penalty on the Bali bombers would answer their wish to be treated as martyrs
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Four key suspects in the Bali bombings will be charged...
Four key suspects in the Bali bombings will be charged with offences punishable by death while others will face up to 20 years' jail if convicted, Indonesian police said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas...
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI), KH Ma'ruf Amin, affirmed the council's support for the upholding of the death sentences handed down to drug traffickers
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri refused...
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri refused to pardon six convicted drug dealers currently on death row, a report said
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed support for the execution of drug traffickers which had been sentenced to death
- JANUARY 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 13, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, sentenced...
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, sentenced Ang Kim Sui alias Tomy Wijaya, 50, to death for producing and distributing ecstasy pills
- JANUARY 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi...
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi be tried under Article 6 of Indonesia's anti-terrorism decree, which carries various punishments, including the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for murder by the Penal Code
The death penalty is provided for murder by the Penal Code
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"We want the police to arrest people who have allowed...
"We want the police to arrest people who have allowed the setting up of illegal drug factories
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for...
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for a death sentence on Indonesian Muslim scholar Ulil Abshar-Abdalla because of a published newspaper article they deemed blasphemous
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An alleged ringleader of the October 12 Bali bombings...
An alleged ringleader of the October 12 Bali bombings would welcome capital punishment for the crime because he considers it a martyr's death, one his lawyers said
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Jakarta Post newspaper reported that victims and...
The Jakarta Post newspaper reported that victims and the families of those involved in the Bali bomb attack in October said that death is the only fitting punishment for such an evil, barbaric deed
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating...
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating bomb attacks on Bali in October has no fear of the death penalty, content he achieved what he set out to do, police said
- OCTOBER 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Muslim cleric detained as Indonesia moves to crack...
A Muslim cleric detained as Indonesia moves to crack down on terrorism after bomb blasts in Bali faced allegations, including a plot to assassinate President Megawati Sukarnoputri, that could bring him execution
- OCTOBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
About 700 members of several non-governmental organizations...
About 700 members of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Tangerang staged a rally in front of the Tangerang District Court to demand the death penalty for Ang Kiem Soei, an ecstasy manufacturer
- OCTOBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
President Megawati Soekarnoputri signed two anti-terrorism...
President Megawati Soekarnoputri signed two anti-terrorism decrees just before midnight, implying heated debate within her Cabinet in the process
- OCTOBER 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure to get tough with terrorists after bombings...
Under pressure to get tough with terrorists after bombings in Bali killed nearly 200 people, a new anti-terrorism decree would include a death penalty and summoned a militant Muslim cleric for questioning
- OCTOBER 1, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Ryamizard Ryacudu said...
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Ryamizard Ryacudu said he would support the death penalty on undisciplined Army soldiers involved in the attack on the police station in Langkat, North Sumatra province
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto,...
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto, 23, from the East Java district of Magetan, is facing the death penalty in Singapore on charges of murdering two Singaporeans and committing arson in the island state
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 5, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian carpenter escaped the gallows after the...
An Indonesian carpenter escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal set aside the ganja trafficking conviction