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
- JULY 29, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
During Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) national conference,...
During Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) national conference, the nation's largest Muslim organization recommended that convicted corrupt officials be given the death sentence in an effort to fight against such acts that took their toll on many people's lives by cau
- JULY 28, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
From meatball vendors to taxi drivers, ordinary Indonesians...
From meatball vendors to taxi drivers, ordinary Indonesians expressed outrage at the 15-year jail term slapped on Tommy Suharto for ordering the killing of a judge and other crimes, saying it was not enough
- JULY 15, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors in the trial of the Tommy Suharto demanded...
Prosecutors in the trial of the Tommy Suharto demanded he face a 15 year jail sentence for masterminding the murder of a Supreme Court judge -- a punishment critics described as 'a joke
- JULY 10, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian general in overall charge of East Timor...
The Indonesian general in overall charge of East Timor during its bloody independence vote in 1999 went on trial for his life, saying he had nothing to do with the carnage
- JUNE 26, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia President Megawati Soekarnoputri ordered...
Indonesia President Megawati Soekarnoputri ordered the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to keep on fighting drug abuse to reduce the number of drug victims in the country
- JUNE 24, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In the latest in a series of human rights trials related...
In the latest in a series of human rights trials related to East Timor's independence in 1999, a senior Indonesian officer appeared in court in Jakarta accused of failing to prevent a massacre of 12 civilians
- MAY 31, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of...
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of civilians in Aceh reached "alarming levels" after the bodies of 19 people were found separate locations throughout the war-torn province in the previous four days
- MAY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang...
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang District Court handed down the death penalty for her attempt to smuggle a kilogram of heroin into Indonesia from Nepal
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death...
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death Dani alias Taufik bin Abdullah, another suspect in the bombing of a market center in the city in August 2001
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice...
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice of a Malaysian bomber over an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall in August 2001 that was linked by the judge to an international terrorist network
- MAY 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the government is proposing to submit in June to the House of Representatives an antiterrorism bill, which allows foreign countries to prosecute terrorists in Indonesia and threatens stif
- MAY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring...
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring Indonesia for the bombing of a Jakarta shopping mall that the judge said aimed to stir up religious hatred
- APRIL 25, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Indonesia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 60 percent of inmates at Tangerang women's...
More than 60 percent of inmates at Tangerang women's penitentiary, Banten province, are drug-related offenders, with some of them continuing to take drugs while serving their sentences
- APRIL 12, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
With more and more people in Indonesia producing and...
With more and more people in Indonesia producing and trafficking psychotropic drugs, including ecstasy, the courts should begin handing down the death penalty to punish these crimes, police and observers said
- APRIL 4, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's former military chief testified it was...
Indonesia's former military chief testified it was the United Nations, not the Indonesian army, that was to blame for the violence that wracked East Timor after the 1999 poll for independence
- APRIL 4, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Amien...
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Amien Rais said that those behind the April 3 bombing in the Indonesian city of Ambon deserved heavy punishment as the incident had a disruptive effect on the implementation of the peace pact between the t
- MARCH 27, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A West Sumatra court ordered the first executions in...
A West Sumatra court ordered the first executions in the Indonesian province's history, sentencing to death two young men convicted of murder
- MARCH 20, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The youngest son of former dictator Suharto went on...
The youngest son of former dictator Suharto went on trial on charges that he ordered the assassination of a judge who had ruled against him in a graft case
- MARCH 19, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI)...
In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass turned up in force at the human rights tribunal to give moral support to their soldiers as they were being tried for crimes against humanity
- MARCH 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death...
A 21-year-old Thai masseuse was sentenced to death for smuggling 600 grams of heroin from Thailand into Indonesia in September 2001
- MARCH 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia opened its first trials into the violence...
Indonesia opened its first trials into the violence that swept East Timor in 1999, trying to convince a sceptical international community that those responsible for the carnage will be held accountable
- MARCH 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed alarm that trials of...
Amnesty International expressed alarm that trials of suspects involved in serious crimes in East Timor in 1999 began in Indonesia before basic guarantees for fair trials had been put in place
- MARCH 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced a 21-year-old Thai woman...
An Indonesian court sentenced a 21-year-old Thai woman to death for attempting to smuggle 600 grams of heroin into the country in September 2001, news reports said
- MARCH 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian militiaman who killed New Zealand soldier...
An Indonesian militiaman who killed New Zealand soldier Leonard Manning in East Timor was jailed for six years
- MARCH 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The youngest son of Indonesia's former president Suharto...
The youngest son of Indonesia's former president Suharto was charged with murder over the killing of a Supreme Court judge
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In Indonesia, seven people were formally charged with...
In Indonesia, seven people were formally charged with mass killings in East Timor in the weeks following the province's independence referendum in 1999
- JANUARY 19, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy,...
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy, legal expert Nursyahbani Katjasungkana said that capital punishment must be abolished from the Indonesian legal system
- JANUARY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta District Court began the trial...
The Central Jakarta District Court began the trial relating to the drive-by shooting of Supreme Justice M
- JANUARY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi regency Poso...
Police in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi regency Poso burned thousands of weapons surrendered by Christians and Muslims in an effort to end a three-year-old sectarian conflict that has claimed more than 1,000 lives