Indonesian officials are defending their position on the death penalty as they try to quell anger over the execution of an Indonesian woman in Saudi Arabia.
It comes as Jakarta readies to execute 10 people, including Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, whose Bali Nine smuggling plot was foiled 10 years ago on Friday.
Siti Zaenab's beheading on Tuesday has Jakarta facing renewed accusations of double standards.
Jakarta has protested Saudi Arabia's failure to give notice of its execution of the domestic worker, who it's believed was suffering from a mental illness when she killed her employer in self-defence in 1999.
Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir says it wasn't the punishment, but the lack of warning they protested.
Mr Nasir last month said the matter of Chan and Sukumaran was "not a matter of negotiation," after turning down a prisoner exchange deal.
On Thursday however, he detailed at length the efforts Indonesia had taken to save Ms Siti's life, which included 100 measures since 1999.
"Routinely we went there, trying to communicate, to persuade the family," Mr Nasir said.
"We also offered diyat (blood money).
"But if we offer and they still refuse, still don't want to give a number, how can we force them?"
Human rights advocates fear that with its practice of executions - six people went to the firing squad in January - Jakarta has lost its moral standing to save 229 citizens on death row overseas.
Haris Azhar, of rights group Kontras, paid his respects to Ms Siti's grieving family.
But he added there was an element of "karma" for the Indonesian government.
"They've failed to protect the right to live and so, its citizen received this karma," he said.
"Not only the right to live, even the right to information has been ignored by the Indonesian government, and now, Saudi Arabia did not give procedural rights to the Indonesian government.
"It's very saddening. I think it's time for the Foreign Minister, Ms Retno, the president and all involved in this to evaluate themselves."
Al Araf, of rights group Imparsial, agreed Ms Siti's death should force the government into a rethink.
"The president should also be able to make a correction due to these political dynamics domestically and abroad," he said.
Mr Nasir says Indonesia merely works within the legal frameworks at home and overseas.
"We're implementing our laws and we are adhering to our constitution, we have to protect our citizens abroad."
No date has been set for Chan and Sukumaran's execution by firing squad, but authorities have said it could happen later this month.
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