Three Indians have been sentenced to death in Indonesia after being found guilty of drug trafficking. The country’s High ...

Serge Atlaoui, a Frenchman held on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences, left prison on Tuesday and boarded a flight to France, joining a list of long-term prisoners sent home by ...

A Filipina drug convict on death row in Indonesia told AFP from prison Friday that her planned transfer was a "miracle," in her first interview since ...

Medan, Indonesia – When Indonesia recently unveiled the latest plans to overhaul its ageing Criminal Code, one of the articles that caught everyone’s eye was the one about the death penalty ...

As Indonesia moves to shed its colonial, undemocratic past, its so-called ‘moderate’ death penalty laws — riddled with ambiguity — undermines any move forward.

Indonesia’s government on Tuesday marked World Day Against the Death Penalty by issuing a self-serving and contradictory statement on its death penalty policy.

In December 2014 he told students that the death penalty for convicted drug traffickers was an “important shock therapy” for anyone who violates Indonesia’s drug laws.

International pressure has mounted on Indonesia in recent months to stop its enforcement of the death penalty. But Indonesia should maintain its tough anti-drug stance.

Jokowi was elected to bring change to Indonesia, and enjoyed the support of many groups, including Migrant Care, who are opposed to his use of the death penalty. For them, the relationship is clear.

Indonesia executed six people, including five foreigners, in January, sparking a diplomatic storm as Brazil and the Netherlands -- whose citizens were among those put to death -- recalled their ...

No doubt the Indonesians on death row overseas attract great sympathy in Indonesia – so much so that in 2011 then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) government set up a well-funded and ...