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
OCTOBER 7, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FOUR INDONESIANS GET DEATH SENTENCE
Four Indonesian men were sentenced to death in Malaysia after the High Court found
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAID WHO KILLED BABY TO SPITE NANNY
A maid who murdered a baby to spite the child’s nanny has been sentenced to death in the UAE.
AUGUST 29, 2013United KingdomDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: TOP COURT REJECTS BALI DEATH-ROW BRITON'S APPEAL
At a closed hearing at the Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, a three-judge panel unanimously rejected the appeal of a British grandmother sentenced to death for trafficking a large stash of cocaine into the resort island of Bali.
- AUGUST 29, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: TOP COURT REJECTS BALI DEATH-ROW BRITON'S APPEAL
At a closed hearing at the Supreme Court in Jakarta, a three-judge panel unanimously rejected
JULY 22, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIA TO PAY $1.87M TO SAVE MAID FROM DEATH ROW
An Indonesian maid sentenced to death for killing her employer may be spared the executioner’s
JULY 15, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: JAKARTA INMATE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RUNNING ECSTASY RING FROM JAIL
A convicted drug trafficker found guilty of organizing the shipment of some four tons of Ecstasy
MAY 17, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA EXECUTES THREE CONVICTED MURDERERS BY FIRING SQUAD
Indonesia has executed three convicted murderers, an official said, the second time that the
- MAY 2, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND AND CHILD
A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend and her 6-year-old daughter was sentenced to
- APRIL 22, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TWO WOMEN
In Indonesia, the Bandung Military Court II-09 handed down a death penalty for
APRIL 20, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: SUPREME COURT SENTENCES MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER TO DEATH
The Indonesian Supreme Court sentenced a Malaysian national to death for the possession of
- APRIL 8, 2013United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRITON
An Indonesian court upheld the death sentence against a British woman convicted of smuggling
- MARCH 17, 2013IndonesiaDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
a Saudi court sentenced an Indonesian housemaid to death...
a Saudi court sentenced an Indonesian housemaid to death...
MARCH 15, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA RESUMES EXECUTIONS AFTER HIATUS
Indonesia put to death a Malawian drug trafficker, the government said, in the country's first execution for several years.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia has stepped up efforts to save the lives of five housemaids
Indonesia has stepped up efforts to save the lives of five housemaids
FEBRUARY 2, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIANS ON DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA: JONATHAN CALLS FOR STAY OF EXECUTION
President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan requested for stay of execution on Nigerians on
- JANUARY 22, 2013United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: BRITISH WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
An Indonesian court sentenced a British woman to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into the resort island of Bali.
- JANUARY 9, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS
An Indonesian woman was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia for
- JANUARY 1, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
- DECEMBER 28, 2012AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
the two Australians on death row in Indonesia appear to have received a one-year reprieve
the two Australians on death row in Indonesia appear to have received a one-year reprieve
DECEMBER 18, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF TANGERANG STUDENT
In Indonesia, the Tangerang District Court handed down the death penalty to 28-year-old Muhamad
OCTOBER 18, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A BURGLAR
Two Indonesian migrant workers from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, were sentenced to
OCTOBER 16, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: NOT ALONE IN DEATH PENALTY RETICENCE
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent decision to overturn the
- OCTOBER 12, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: SBY COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF DRUG CONVICT
In Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has granted clemency to Deni Setia Maharwa
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
Malaysian courts sentenced two women, a Filipino and Indonesian, to death in separate
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2012United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: BRITISH MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Indonesian court has sentenced a British citizen to death for smuggling 6.5kg of crystal
JULY 18, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
In Indonesia, the Constitutional Court turned down a request by two death row
- JULY 11, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Embassy in Singapore has once again managed...
Indonesian Embassy in Singapore has once again managed...
- JUNE 25, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA MOVING TO REDUCE DEATH ROW POPULATION BY INCREASING RATE OF EXECUTIONS
In Indonesia, the Bali Post quoted the National Chief Prosecutors office as confirming that
JUNE 15, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: TWO FOREIGNERS ON DEATH ROW TO BE EXECUTED SOON
Two foreigners found guilty of smuggling heroin into Indonesia are expected
JUNE 8, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: DEATH FOR DRUGS NOT A DETERRENT
Indonesia’s top narcotics official said that the use of the death penalty for drug offenses does