The other prisoners executed by Indonesia

Seven other prisoners had faced execution along with Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, with just one of them spared.

Seven other prisoners had faced execution along with Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, with just one of them spared (getty images)

Seven other prisoners had faced execution along with Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, with just one of them spared (getty images) Source: Getty Images

THE SIX OTHERS EXECUTED BY INDONESIA ON WEDNESDAY

MARTIN ANDERSON, Ghana

Ghana national Martin Anderson has been executed for a drug conviction in Indonesia (AAP)
Ghana national Martin Anderson has been executed for a drug conviction in Indonesia (AAP)
Alias Belo, from Ghana. He was sentenced to death by South Jakarta District Court in June 2004 after being convicted of possessing 50 grams of heroin in Jakarta in November 2003

ZAINAL ABIDIN, Indonesia

He was initially sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by Palembang District Court in September 2001 for smuggling 58.7 kilograms of marijuana. He was later sentenced to death by the Palembang High Court in December 2001

RAHEEM AGBAJE SALAMI, Nigeria

Raheem Agbaje Salam was one of the nine inmates executed in Indonesia (AAP)
Raheem Agbaje Salam was one of the nine inmates executed in Indonesia (AAP)
He was initially sentenced to life imprisonment by Surabaya District Court in April 1999 for smuggling 5.3 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia at the East Java city's airport in September 1998. In May 2006 he was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court and was not able to appeal to a higher court, according to Amnesty International

RODRIGO GULARTE, Brazil

Rodrigo Gularte was one of the nine inmates executed in Indonesia (AAP)
Rodrigo Gularte was one of the nine inmates executed in Indonesia (AAP)
He was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court in February 2005 for smuggling six kilograms of cocaine into Jakarta. According to his lawyer, he has paranoid schizophrenia and has not been able to discuss his case with his counsel.

SERGE ARESKI ATLAOUI, France

Serge Areski Atlaoui was one of the nine inmates executed in Indonesia (AAP)
Serge Areski Atlaoui was one of the nine inmates executed in Indonesia (AAP)
The father of four, was arrested near Jakarta in 2005 in a secret laboratory producing ecstasy. He has always denied the charges, saying he was installing machinery in what he thought was an acrylics factory

SYLVESTER OBIEKWE, Nigeria

Sylvester Obiekwe has been executed for a drug conviction in Indonesia (AAP)
Sylvester Obiekwe has been executed for a drug conviction in Indonesia (AAP)
Alias Mustopa, he was first arrested in 2003 for smuggling 1.2 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia. He has since been caught operating drugs syndicates even from death row, and is considered a priority for execution.

SPARED

MARY JANE FIESTA VELOSO, Philippines

Philippine national Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was spared from execution (AAP)
Philippine national Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was spared from execution (AAP)
She was sentenced to death in October 2010 for attempting to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia from Malaysia in April 2010. Veloso, who comes from a poor rural family in the Philippines, was reportedly acting as a courier for an international syndicate when she was arrested on arrival at Yogyakarta, central Java from an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur. She was spared at the last minute after a woman who allegedly recruited her to act as a drug courier gave himself up to police in the Philippines on Tuesday, the Jakarta Post reported on Wednesday.

Sources: Amnesty International. media reports.


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