Vigils and events are taking place around Australia in support of the two Australians on death row.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were officially given 72 hours warning of their executions on Saturday.
A protest in opposition to the Indonesian Government’s plans to execute up to nine prisoners took place outside the Indonesian Consulate General in Sydney.
On Monday night Amnesty International will spell out the words “Keep Hope Alive,” while thousands of flowers and candles will be on display at Blues Point reserve, overlooking Sydney Harbour. 
According to Amnesty International over 13,000 people bought flowers for the display in support for those on death row in Indonesia.
Preparations are underway for Flowers of Hope Event at Sydney Harbour
Indonesian's are also joining efforts to stop executions.
A video, as part of a Mercy campaign for Andrew Chan and Myruan Sukumaran has shown a number of Indonesians condemning the death penalty in their country.
In the video Yosep Hendrian urged Indonesian President Joko Widodo to spare the lives of Chan and Sukumaran.
"Giving Mercy to Myuran and Andrew will not lessen Indoneisas sovereighnty one bit. President Jokowi, please give them mercy.”
Laksmi Pamuntjak said executions will not help the country's battle with drugs.
“I believe death sentences aren't the answer for the fight against drugs.”
An opinion piece published on The Conversation as well as the Jakarta Globe argues that there is no evidence that the death penalty acts as a detterant.
Therefore, the issue is not whether the death penalty deters some — if only a few — people where the threat of a lesser punishment would not. Instead, it is whether, when all the circumstances surrounding its use are taken into account, the death penalty is associated with a marginally lower rate of the death penalty-eligible crimes than the next most severe penalty, life imprisonment. There is no evidence that it is.
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