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The convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil, four from Africa and one Indonesian -- made the long journey from their prison to clearings on a prison island to meet their fate early Wednesday. But rather than bow their heads in defeat and resignation, the convicts all reportedly refused.... |
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As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers defiantly sang praise to God, witnesses said, while in a town across the water a group of tearful supporters was also uniting in song. The convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil, four.... |
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Credit: flickr.com/Tori Rector As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers defiantly sang praise to God, witnesses said, while in a town across the water a group of tearful supporters was also uniting in song. |
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A last-minute reprieve for Filipina drug convict Mary Jane Veloso - facing execution in Indonesia along with Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - has sparked an outpouring of euphoria and disbelief. As it emerged the 30-year-old single mother was not among a group of eight prisoners sent.... |
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AS it emerged the 30-year-old single mother was not among a group of eight prisoners sent to the firing squad early Wednesday, her supporters wept with joy, her family declared their prayers answered and her children cried "Mama will live". "Miracles do come true," Veloso's mother, Celia, told Manila radio. |
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A last-minute reprieve for Filipina drug convict Mary Jane Veloso - facing execution in Indonesia along with Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - has sparked an outpouring of euphoria and disbelief. As it emerged the 30-year-old single mother was not among a group of eight prisoners sent.... |
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Australia withdrew its ambassador in protest at the midnight executions, but Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he was merely applying "the rule of law" against narcotics traffickers. The seven convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil and four from Africa -- were shot by firing squad,.... |
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CILACAP, Indonesia — Indonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals and executed eight people convicted of drug smuggling on Wednesday, although a Philippine woman was granted a stay of execution. Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo confirmed at a press conference hours after the deaths had been widely.... |
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CILACAP, Indonesia - Indonesia early Wednesday executed eight prisoners - seven of them foreigners including two Australians - but spared the life of Filipina Mary Jane Veloso at the 11th hour, local media reported. Metro TV and the Jakarta Post reported that the convicts, who also included a.... |
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MANILA (AFP) - The last-minute reprieve for a Filipina drug convict facing execution in Indonesia sparked an outpouring of euphoria and disbelief on Wednesday, with crowds of supporters weeping with joy and her children crying “Mama will live!” Mary Jane Veloso’s family said their prayers had been.... |
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8.18am: April 28, 2015 There is growing anger at the role the AFP played in the fate of Chan and Sukumaran. You can read the full story of how the AFP trapped handing the Bali Nine 7.56am: HERE Ambulances carrying caskets have begun arriving at the Justice Ministry’s Cilacap port. |
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