Nigerian, Simon Ezeaputa, has been sentenced to death in
Indonesia for drug trafficking.
It said the district court in Tangerang, near Jakarta, on
Wednesday found Ezeaputa guilty of controlling a drug
transaction from his prison cell, where he was serving a 20-
year jail term for drug offences.
The report said the transaction involved 350 grams of
crystal methamphetamine.
With the latest development, more than 60 people are on
death row in Indonesia for drug offences.
The report said Indonesia executed six drug convicts in
January and was preparing to put to death another 10
death-row inmates.
It said these include two Australians who have been the
subject of a diplomatic row between Jakarta and Canberra.
Meanwhile, the Amnesty International said in its annual
report on the death penalty worldwide released on
Wednesday that “Indonesia stood out for all the wrong
reasons.”
Papang Hidayat, Head, Amnesty Researcher, Indonesia, said
the death penalty was always a human rights violation.
He said there were many issues in Indonesia, in particular
fair trial concerns, that make death sentences more
complicated.
Hidayat said investigations by human rights groups have
found that individuals sentenced to death have been
tortured and forced to sign police investigation reports.
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