Local media sources in Jakarta, have reported that another Nigerian, Simon Ezeaputa, was sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
The district court in Tangerang, near Jakarta, on April 1 found Ezeaputa guilty of controlling a drug transaction from his prison cell, where he was serving a 20-year jail term for drug offences. Leadership reports the transaction involved 350 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
According to the latest data, more than 60 people are on death row in Indonesia for drug offences. Indonesia executed six drug convicts in January and was preparing to put to death another 10 death-row inmates.
Meanwhile, the Amnesty International has released its annual report on the death penalty worldwide where it stated that “Indonesia stood out for all the wrong reasons.”
Papang Hidayat, Head of Amnesty Researcher, Indonesia, stressed that the death penalty was always a human rights violation. He added there were many issues in Indonesia, in particular fair trial concerns, that make death sentences more complicated.
According to investigations conducted by human rights groups, some individuals sentenced to death have been tortured and forced to sign police investigation reports.
It would be recalled that when President Goodluck Jonathan hosted the new Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, he began negotiations for a moratorium on three Nigerians who are facing imminent execution in Indonesia.
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