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
- APRIL 8, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN COURT REJECTS APPEAL OF INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Malaysia, a Putrajaya Appeals Court panel of judges led by Dato Clement Skiner rejected the appeal of Indonesian Muhammad Imron of Aceh, a.k.a Fernandez.
- APRIL 2, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 30 INDONESIANS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA
thirty Indonesians are on the death row in Malaysia, manpower attache of the Indonesian...
- MARCH 31, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR CORRUPTION IS WRONG, INDONESIAN GOVT SAYS
following criticism by the antigraft watchdog, top Indonesian government officials said that capital punishment was intentionally removed from the proposed revision to the anticorruption law.
- MARCH 10, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Harun bin Ajis, Syofial bin Azwar and Syargawi bin Sanusi...
Harun bin Ajis, Syofial bin Azwar and Syargawi bin Sanusi...
- JANUARY 1, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
DECEMBER 24, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Judge Dr Badariah Sahamid sentenced indonesian woman
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
shop assistants Ismail Ibrahim, 36, and Azhar Zakariah...
shop assistants Ismail Ibrahim, 36, and Azhar Zakariah...
OCTOBER 15, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: CONSTITUTION COURT PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTORS
Indonesia needs to follow China's example and sentence officials convicted of corruption
- OCTOBER 11, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: FILIPINA GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN INDONESIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Filipino woman found in possession of 2.6 kilograms of heroin was sentenced to death by a lower court in Yogyakarta court, Indonesia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) belatedly reported. She was arrested at Yogyakarta Airport on April 25.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIANS APPEAL DEATH SENTENCES IN INDONESIA
Australians Andrew Chan, 26, and Myuran Sukumaran, 29, appealed their death sentences at the Denpasar district court in Indonesia.
- AUGUST 23, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: GOVT CLAIMS ONLY 3 INDONESIANS FACING EXECUTION IN MALAYSIA
the Indonesian President instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report accurate data on the number of Indonesians facing the death penalty in Malaysia...
- AUGUST 19, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA TO HANG TWO ACEHNESE
two Indonesians hailing from Banda Aceh, identified as BS and TI, were sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for narcotic drug pushing and circulation.
- AUGUST 16, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FIREARMS TRAFFICKING: INDON'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
Justices Ishak, Pillay and Daud of the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal in Malaysia deferred to a date yet be fixed the hearing of an appeal by Indonesian man Umar Cipto Sumarto.
- AUGUST 4, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG DEALING
in Indonesia, Judge Dehel Sandan of the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced Frank Amado...
- JULY 26, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: AGO OK's EXECUTION OF THREE DEATH ROW INMATES
the Indonesian Attorney General's Office issued execution orders for Sugianto, Aris Setyawan and Nur Hasan Yogi Mahendra.
- JULY 26, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: AGO OK's EXECUTION OF TWO DEATH ROW INMATES
the Indonesian Attorney General's Office issued execution orders for two men Raheem Agbaje Salami and Hangky Gunawan. Salami was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in November 1999 for smuggling 5kgs of heroin.
- JULY 18, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia...
- MAY 7, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MALAYSIA WEDDING SHOOTING
a Malaysian court in Sarawak state sentenced Indonesian national Nyambang Entuhan to death for fatally shooting five people during a wedding reception on Borneo island.
- APRIL 1, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER/ROBBERY
Chief judge Adi Hernomo of the Mungkid district court in Magelang...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
Indonesian boat maker Panizan Sunan Achayari...
- JANUARY 1, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
- DECEMBER 4, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN LABOURER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Alan Setiawan, 39, a labourer from Indonesia was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO PRAWN SELLERS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prawn sellers were sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in 36,220 grams of
- OCTOBER 27, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ACEH (INDONESIA): STONING LAW TO BE REVIEWED
an Islamic law authorising the stoning to death of adulterers and the whipping of homosexuals in Indonesia's
- OCTOBER 12, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NEW INDONESIA STONING LAW IS 'TORTURE': RIGHTS GROUP
a new law mandating death by stoning and flogging for adulterers in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province advocates "torture" and should be overturned, US-based group Human Rights Watch said.
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
LAWYERS ACT TO SAVE NIGERIAN ON DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA
Nigerian Titus Ani was convicted of smuggling heroin in Indonesia, without what members of Amnesty International described as “experienced lawyers carefully preparing and presenting his case”.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ONE SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indonesian Nasir Ibrahim, 31, was given the mandatory death sentence by the Malaysian High Court after
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: RELIGIOUS LEADERS OPPOSE BYLAW ON STONING OF ADULTERERS
Indonesian religious leaders criticised a bylaw passed by Aceh's provincial legislative council to stone adulterers to death.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ANOTHER TWO ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Indonesian nationals from East Aceh were sentenced to death by hanging by the Shah Alam court in
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
a Shah Alam court in Selangor, Malaysia, sentenced an Indonesian national to death. Judge Su Geok Yiam