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
- AUGUST 13, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court sentenced to death two...
The Tangerang District Court sentenced to death two Nigerians, a Zimbabwean and a Nepalese man for drug related offences
- AUGUST 3, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of the House of Representatives' Commission...
Eight members of the House of Representatives' Commission II on legal affairs legislators lauded the Tangerang District Court for imposing the death sentence on nine drug traffickers, including five foreigners, over the past months
- JULY 6, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
President Abdurrahman Wahid disclosed his plan to deport...
President Abdurrahman Wahid disclosed his plan to deport nine foreigners who had been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia as a part of the country's international role in combating the drugs
- MAY 26, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh...
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where an offensive by government troops aimed at containing a separatist insurgency there is now in its second month
- MAY 22, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson...
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson Pandie and Fredik Soru - the first since 1995 in Indonesia - a flagrant violation of the right to life
- MAY 18, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicts sentenced to death for murder were executed...
Two convicts sentenced to death for murder were executed at midnight after their request for a presidential pardon was rejected
- MAY 14, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A man who specialized in car thefts was sentenced to...
A man who specialized in car thefts was sentenced to death by Purwokerto District Court for murdering a lawyer in March
- MAY 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced...
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court for drug trafficking
- APRIL 25, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia voted against the resolution on the death...
Indonesia voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001 (2001/68)
- APRIL 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian court sentenced to death three Christian...
Indonesian court sentenced to death three Christian mob leaders for inciting clashes with Muslims in which hundreds died in the eastern island of Sulawesi
- MARCH 27, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin...
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa submitted to the House of Representatives a new clemency bill
- MARCH 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will...
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the administrations of Indonesia and Hong Kong to surrender fugitives pursued by each country
- MARCH 19, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared that arbitrary executions...
Amnesty International declared that arbitrary executions and arrests, torture and poor treatment have continued in Indonesia
- MARCH 15, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
During the case's 14th court hearing, on the Poso sectarian...
During the case's 14th court hearing, on the Poso sectarian clash between May and September 2000, prosecutor Lantara said that Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marinus Riwu were guilty of violating Article 340 of the Criminal Code, relating to premed
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian...
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid asking for clemency for two compatriots, Namsong Sirlak, and Saelaw Praset
- JANUARY 25, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court condemned Nar Bahadur...
The Tangerang District Court condemned Nar Bahadur Tamang and Bala Tamang, both Nepalese nationals, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 16, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak...
East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak Eurico Guterres, 27, declared to a Jakarta courtroom that he wants to receive the death sentence because he feels rejected by the Indonesian Government
- JANUARY 1, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for murder by the Penal Code
The death penalty is provided for murder by the Penal Code
- DECEMBER 14, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian security forces began a fresh wave of arrests...
Indonesian security forces began a fresh wave of arrests or killings of independence supporters in the provinces of Aceh and Irian Jaya
- DECEMBER 13, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer...
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer for a Danish-sponsored aid group in violence-ravaged Aceh gave a first-hand account of arbitrary executions in Aceh
- DECEMBER 9, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty in Singapore were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied...
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied near former president Soeharto's residence on Jl
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights...
Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights sent a letter that said they noted a "pattern of serious human rights violations" in Aceh including torture, extrajudicial executions of civilians, and death threats against human rights organizatio
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ulee Gle was the scene of police firing on convoys...
Ulee Gle was the scene of police firing on convoys of civilians in which at least four people were shot dead although `Serambi' referred to unconfirmed reports that up to 50 were killed and many dozens injured
- OCTOBER 5, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld the Jakarta High Court's 1997...
The Supreme Court upheld the Jakarta High Court's 1997 death sentence for Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, for a triple murder committed in the United States between 1991 and 1992, a court official said
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The killing of Suai militia leader, Olivio Moruk in...
The killing of Suai militia leader, Olivio Moruk in West Timor, was reportedly linked to the Indonesian military
- AUGUST 22, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court handed down the death...
The Tangerang District Court handed down the death sentence for defendants Deni Setya Maharwan, 28, Ranni Andriani, 25, and Merika Franola alias Ola, 30, for being part of an international drug ring and attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Indonesia
- AUGUST 10, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Tangerang District Court sentenced an Angolan national...
A Tangerang District Court sentenced an Angolan national to death for drug trafficking
- JULY 27, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Execution is awaiting at least 20 female and male workers...
Execution is awaiting at least 20 female and male workers from Indonesia (Cianjur) in the Middle East for committing serious crimes, according to Dedeh Saryamah, Vice Chairman of the Cianjur Legislative Assembly
- JUNE 19, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indonesian woman, Warni Samiran...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indonesian woman, Warni Samiran Audi, for murder