Canberra will seek clemency for three Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia once all legal processes have been finished, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said.
Speaking after talks with his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda, Smith said Australia would make a clemency appeal on behalf of three men facing death by firing squad. The trio are part of the so-called Bali Nine, a group of Australians convicted over a plot to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from the Indonesian resort island into Australia in 2005.
Smith said Australia's long-held opposition to the death penalty did not extend to "terrorists'' such as the three Indonesians who are awaiting execution for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings.
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Speaking after talks with his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda, Smith said Australia would make a clemency appeal on behalf of three men facing death by firing squad. The trio are part of the so-called Bali Nine, a group of Australians convicted over a plot to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from the Indonesian resort island into Australia in 2005.
Smith said Australia's long-held opposition to the death penalty did not extend to "terrorists'' such as the three Indonesians who are awaiting execution for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings.
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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