Tag: Executions
Terror in Indonesia – the threat posed by returning Islamic State...
By Jewel Topsfield of The Sydney Morning Herald in Jakarta
Heru Kurnia, an Indonesian who joined Islamic State in Syria, is describing watching children kick...
Brother seeks answers from Australia over NZ death at Balibo
The Death of the Balibo Five ... a Footprint Films extra including clips from the film Balibo and interviews with the film director, Robert...
Philippines move to restore death penalty bill wins House support
Rappler's Evening wRap on President Duterte and the death penalty.
By Mara Cepeda in Manila
A proposed measure seeking to reimpose the death penalty in the...
Indonesia executes four convicted drug traffickers on penal island
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reporting from Jakarta on the international appeals to halt the Indonesian executions. Video: Al Jazeera on YouTube
The Indonesian government has...
Indonesian executions will put Jokowi on wrong side of history, says...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", will be putting his government on the wrong side of history if he proceeds with a...
Indonesia’s Jokowi to go all out to ‘smash’ drug dealers
By Haeril Halim in Jakarta and Margareth S. Aritonang in Oslo
As a third round of executions nears, Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has commemorated...
Crispin C. Maslog: Open letter to Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte
OPINION: By Crispin C. Maslog in Manila
Let me start by saying I was not your best fan during the elections. I normally do not...
Death penalty has no deterrent effect, say Indonesian activists
The number of drug convicts keeps rising despite the implementation of the death penalty in Indonesia, showing that capital punishment is not that effective...
Indonesia’s death penalty lies in wait in spite of diplomatic blowback
Report from SBS
Indonesia's attorney-general has the funds and the will to wield the death penalty again, even though last year's record 14 executions failed...
