INDONESIA PROPOSALS TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG OFFENSES REJECTED

“The Indonesian government firmly rejects proposals to abolish capital punishment for drug offences,” Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said. Saleh made the statement at a session of the Constitutional Court to hear the cases of a number drug offenders sentenced to death who had filed requests for a judicial review of articles mandating the death sentence in Indonesia's narcotics law. Saleh said the government firmly rejected the requests.
"In principle, all kinds of punishment basically violate human rights," Attorney General said. "However, the law permits such punishments. Therefore, the government insists that the authorities should maintain the death penalty," he added.