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
NOVEMBER 19, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES EXECUTIONS TO FOCUS ON ECONOMY, TIES
Indonesia said that the government has postponed planned executions of drug traffickers as it focuses on fixing the economy, which is growing at its slowest pace in six years.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: MALAYSIAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
The Pekanbaru district court sentenced a Malaysian to death for smuggling 46.5 kilograms of
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DEATH PENALTY NO LONGER A PRIORITY
Indonesia hasn’t changed its mind on the death penalty – but it did say it’s no longer a priority.
AUGUST 4, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: 12 CITIZENS RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Foreign Ministry’s directorate of legal aid and protection of Indonesian nationals overseas said that
- JUNE 23, 2015FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO SAVE SERGE FROM EXECUTION
MAY 22, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SELLING DRUGS
The Pinrang District Court of South Sulawesi has sentenced a couple, Amir alias Dawang, 45, and his wife Maemunah, 43, to death for selling drugs.
APRIL 29, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: EIGHT DRUG CONVICTS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
defying intense pressure from the international community, the government executed eight drug convicts at 12:30 a.m. on Nusakambangan prison island near Cilacap in Central Java.
APRIL 17, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SECOND INDONESIAN MAID EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia has executed a second Indonesian maid despite protests from Jakarta, which is itself facing fierce criticism for its failure to heed calls for clemency for a number of foreigners on death row.
- APRIL 14, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES INDONESIAN WOMAN WITH SUSPECTED MENTAL ILLNESS
Today’s execution of an Indonesian woman with a suspected mental illness is just the latest in the recent macabre spike in Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored killings, Amnesty International said.
APRIL 1, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: ANOTHER NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Local media report in Jakarta said another Nigerian, Simon Ezeaputa, was sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
- MARCH 15, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: PRESIDENT WIDODO COMMUTES CONVICTED KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has granted the clemency request filed by Dwi Trisna Firmansyah, 28, an inmate convicted of premeditated murder, and changed his sentence from death to life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia not to execute prisoners on death
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia not to execute prisoners on death
- JANUARY 20, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTHEAST ASIA: UN RIGHTS OFFICE APPEALS FOR HALT IN EXECUTIONS FOR DRUG CRIMES
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over
- JANUARY 18, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: SIX DRUG CONVICTS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Indonesia executed six people, including a national woman and five foreigners, who had all been sentenced to death on drug offences, in the first executions to take place under new President Joko Widodo, who refused to heed all international requests for
JANUARY 7, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DEATH SENTENCE GRANTED TO TWO IRANIAN METH SMUGGLERS
The district court in Sukabumi, West Java, has given death sentence to two Iranian citizens after they were
- JANUARY 5, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: EXECUTION OF SIX CONVICTS POSTPONED
- JANUARY 1, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
- DECEMBER 4, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: PRESIDENT ORDERS EXECUTION OF DEATH ROW CONVICTS
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered the execution of five death-row drug convicts this month, a move
- DECEMBER 2, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: PRESIDENT RULES OUT CLEMENCY FOR DEATH-ROW DRUG CONVICTS
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ruled out granting clemency to convicted drug traffickers sentenced to death, a senior minister said.
NOVEMBER 6, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The minister who will advise Indonesia's new president on whether to grant clemency to 2 Australians says he's personally against the death penalty.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG LORD FREDDY BUDIMAN
The Supreme Court of Indonesia decided to uphold the death sentence for Freddy Budiman, a convicted
- AUGUST 15, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: GOVERNMENT SAVES 190 NATIONALS FROM DEATH SENTENCE
- MAY 10, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Batam District Court sentenced three men, Mohammad Sollehudin Anuar and Azmee Johari,
the Batam District Court sentenced three men, Mohammad Sollehudin Anuar and Azmee Johari,
APRIL 4, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIA MAID ON DEATH ROW SPARED EXECUTION
An Indonesian maid on death row in Saudi Arabia for murder has been spared execution after the Indonesian government agreed to pay the remainder of the blood money she was due to pay.
FEBRUARY 28, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DOZENS OF MIGRANT WORKERS ON DEATH ROW
An official with the Foreign Ministry said 248 Indonesian migrant workers were on death row abroad, with
- FEBRUARY 11, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court sentenced to death former Catholic priest Herman Jumat Masan for the premeditated
the Supreme Court sentenced to death former Catholic priest Herman Jumat Masan for the premeditated
JANUARY 22, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER SOLDIER UPHELD
In Indonesia, a Supreme Court panel of judges has upheld the death sentence of Second. Pvt. Mart Azzanul
- JANUARY 1, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
NOVEMBER 17, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: PAKISTANI DRUG TRAFFICKER EXECUTED
A Pakistani drug trafficker was executed by firing squad at a South Tangerang cemetery early in the morning in the fifth death sentence carried out by Indonesian authorities since the government announced a renewed push to execute those convicted of capit
OCTOBER 24, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING HIS COUNTRYMAN
In Malaysia, a 39-year-old Indonesian was sentenced to the gallows after he was found guilty