2005
April 8 to 12
- Australian Federal Police tip off Indonesian counterparts about the smuggling attempt and tell them to "take whatever action you deem necessary".
April 17
- Andrew Chan and four others arrested at Denpasar Airport; Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence and Martin Stephens have 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies.
- Myuran Sukumaran, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman are arrested soon after in Kuta, preparing a second shipment.
April 22
- Indonesian police say Andrew Chan was the "godfather" of the operation.
April 26
- Two mules say Chan threatened them with death if they refused to carry the drugs.
April 27
- Indonesian police say they have shot and killed the man they believe supplied the heroin, Nepalese citizen Mann Singh Gali.
Sept 27
- Prosecutors confirm all nine Australians will be charged with possession and trafficking of heroin, carrying the death penalty.
Sept 29
- Australian authorities say the AFP will stop co-operating with the Indonesian investigation given the possibility of firing squads.
Oct 7
Lawyers for Lawrence and Rush allege the AFP may have acted illegally by handing information to Indonesian authorities.
Oct 11
- Trials of the Bali Nine begin.
2006
Jan 24
- Prosecutors demand death sentence for enforcer Sukumaran.
Jan 26
- Prosecutors demand Chan be sent to the firing squad as well; they ask for life sentences for six others, while Lawrence faces 20 years.
Feb 13
- Lawrence and Rush sentenced to life.
Feb 14
- Chan and Sukumaran sentenced to death by firing squad; Stephens and Czugaj get life in prison.
Feb 15
- Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman sentenced to life in prison.
Feb 17
- All but Rush appeal against their sentences.
April 26
- Chan and Sukumaran's appeals are rejected.
April 27
- Sentences for Lawrence, Czugaj, Nguyen, Chen and Norman reduced to 20 years; life sentences for Rush and Stephens upheld.
Sept 6
- Prosecutors win appeal against sentence reduction for Rush, Nguyen, Chen and Norman - they are also sentenced to death.
- Stephens' life sentence upheld; Czugaj's term increased again to life.
2007
Jan 30
- Rush challenges his death sentence
April 23
- Lawyers for Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman also file for a judicial review of their death sentences.
2008
March 6
- Nguyen, Chen and Norman death sentences reduced to life in prison.
2010
April 13
- Stephens requests judicial review; it is rejected 10 months later.
August 13
- Chan and Sukumaran request judicial reviews.
August 26
- Rush appears in court for his final appeal; AFP commissioner Mick Keelty testifies on his behalf.
2011
May 11
- Rush's death sentence reduced to life imprisonment.
June 17
- Chan's request for judicial review rejected.
July 7
- Sukumaran's request for judicial review rejected.
2012
May 13
- Chan appeals for clemency from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
July 9
- Sukumaran also appeals for presidential clemency.
2014
Dec 11
- New president Joko Widodo makes it clear he will not grant clemency to drug traffickers.
2015
Jan 7
- Sukumaran's bid for presidential clemency rejected.
Jan 18
- Six drug smugglers executed.
Jan 22
- Chan also loses bid for clemency.
Feb 2
- It is announced both men will be among the next lot to be executed.
Feb 4
- Request for second judicial review rejected.
Feb 7
- Indonesian government confirms the men will face the firing squad before end of month.
Feb 8
- The men's lawyer at their first trial alleges judges requested a bribe to reduce their sentence.
Feb 12
- 150,000 signatures on a Mercy petition asking for clemency handed to the men's families; Foreign Minister Julie Bishop makes emotional plea in federal parliament for Indonesia to spare their lives.
Feb 24
- Legal appeal fails when Jakarta court says it can't examine the Indonesia president's decision to deny clemency.
March 2
- Chan and Sukumaran's lawyers work to file an appeal against the administrative court's decision not to examine the men's clemency rejection.
March 3
- Bali prosecutor Momock Bambang Samiarso says the pair will be transferred on March 4 to a penal island to await execution; Bishop calls her Indonesian counterpart.
March 4
- Chan, Sukumaran transferred from Bali jail to Nusakambangan island.
March 5
- Federal MPs hold dawn vigil outside Parliament House in Canberra; Australia protests release photos showing smiling Denpasar police chief with Chan as he's flown to the island; Abbott asks Indonesia to "pull back", warns of consequences, seeks phone conversation with Joko.
March 6
- Joko rules out prisoner swap with Australia; Bishops asks Indonesia to "pause" while other options canvassed.
March 8
- Letter written by Chan, warning his teenage self to avoid drugs, released by a friend.
March 12
- News leaks of Australia's March 3 offer to cover costs of the mens' ongoing life imprisonment.
March 16
- Joko aide criticises the tone of Canberra's lobbying efforts; Abbott, Joko haven't yet spoken by phone
March 23
- Mens' lawyers begin case in Constitutional Court in Bali to have death sentences overturned.
April 1
- Amnesty report criticises Indonesia's death penalty for drug smugglers.
April 17
- Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday in his isolated cell on Nusakambangan; reports executions could happen soon after April 24; Legal challenge continues.
April 21
- Joko restates commitment to execute the men saying "it's only a matter of time"; Indonesian Supreme Court rejects appeal by Frenchman Serge Atlaoui on death row for drug offences due to be executed with Chan, Sukumaran.
April 22
- Indonesian Supreme Court rejects appeal by a Ghanaian Martin Anderson on death row with the pair.
April 24
- Embassies representing prisoners on death row summoned to meeting at Cilicap, near the island prison; Chan, Sukumaran lawyer Peter Morrissey says it's an "ominous" sign.
April 29
Indonesian media reports that Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been killed.
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