Australia seeks last-ditch deal to save pair from execution in Indonesia
Australia is pursuing a last-ditch deal with Indonesia to save two of its citizens from imminent execution on drugs charges, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday, in a case that threatens to strain already fragile relations. PHOTOS. Five.
Indonesia to execute six drug smugglers | Stuff.co.nz
The executions of five foreigners and an Indonesian woman sentenced to death on drug charges will go ahead despite international pleas, Indonesian officials say. A last-minute. They are facing a firing squad with the executions due to take place simultaneously in pairs but at different locations. Spontana said. We are working on all channels - international and to the highest level we are trying to prevent it, Koenders told Dutch broadcaster NOS. Koenders said��.
Indonesias president says suspends 2 top anti-graft officials.
Indonesias president says suspends 2 top anti-graft officials after being named police suspects - @Reuters.. Partner Disclaimer: This item was submitted to breakingnews.com, but has not been approved by our editors... Bali Nine group members Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be executed in February, Indonesias foreign affairs spokesman says - @Y7News. Search resumes for AirAsia Flight 8501 victims, officials say - @ChannelNewsAsia.
Reports ��� Channel NewsAsia - News Hong Kong
Australian FM calls Indonesia to ease tensions: Reports POSTED: 21 Feb 2015 15:25 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/1671730/1424503245000/large16x9/480/270/andrew-chan-and-myuran.jpg This file photo taken. ���Certainly these comments were not any attempt to threaten Indonesia.���. Kallas office said Friday that the latest executions ���will be delayed for between three weeks to a month from now due to technical reasons,��� without elaborating further.
Sun Life Financial Investor Day 2015
Each of our four pillars has unique business drivers that will contribute to achieving these objectives, but one common element across the Company is a commitment to providing excellent customer service, Connor said. We are using. Growing and.
Asean Today: Singapore Arrest for Aussie; Cambodia Ends.
channelnewsasia.com Police have arrested a 26-year-old Singaporean man and a 22-year-old Australian woman for posting remarks online that could promote ill-will and hostility among the different races in Singapore, the Singapore. abc.net.au The execution of Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran appears unlikely to occur this month as Indonesias foreign minister defends the countrys decision by saying it is ultimately a law enforcement issue.
Indonesias stance clear on Australians executions: Widodo
Australia has been working to persuade Indonesia to allow the men to live, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday offered a glimmer of hope after a phone conversation with Widodo, who he said was carefully considering his position. However.
Australians could boycott Indonesia over executions: FM
Executing these two young men will not solve the drug scourge in Indonesia, said Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who did not rule out withdrawing diplomats in retaliation if Jakarta went ahead with the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran .
Threats have no place in diplomacy, Indonesia tells Australia
Threats have no place in diplomacy, Indonesia tells Australia ��� Channel News Asia. Foreign ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said he hoped the prime ministers remarks did not reflect ���the true colours of Australians���.. Indonesian authorities have confirmed the Australians will be among the next set of prisoners to face the firing squad, but have remained tight-lipped about when the executions will take place and which other foreign convicts will join them.
Australians on Indonesia death row lose last-ditch legal bid.
Two Australian drug traffickers facing imminent execution in Indonesia lost a legal bid to have their cases reviewed on Wednesday (Feb 4), dashing their final hope of avoiding the firing squad.. increasing use of narcotics. Authorities have said they are ready to execute seven foreign drug offenders who recently lost their appeals for presidential clemency. As well as the Australians, these include convicts from France and Brazil. - Channel News Asia. We were unable��.
Jakarta delays execution of two Australians, denies.
Vice President Jusuf Kallas office Friday said the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine heroin trafficking group, will be delayed for between three weeks to a month from now due to. a rare legal challenge to the presidents decision to reject clemency, but Indonesian authorities have repeatedly said the appeal for a pardon is a death row convicts final chance to avoid the firing squad. - Channel News Asia.
The Rendon Group Snapshot ��� 16 February 2015 | The.
News Summary of events during the week of 08FEB-15FEB. (Daily Telegraph); 12FEB: Two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia will be transferred ���as soon as possible��� from prison for their executions, an official said Thursday, despite Canberras insistence that their. ���The death penalty may be a monstrous use of a states power against the human subject, but the campaign against its use by states who have abolished it can prove inconsistent.
Indonesian official rejects Australian death row prisoner swap proposal - media
A spokeswoman for Australias Bishop said: We have not had confirmation of that from our end yet. Also facing execution are citizens of France, Brazil, the Philippines, Ghana and Nigeria, as well as Indonesia. Australian politicians held a.
Deadly Shooting in Indonesia | Indonesia Rising
Indonesia has executed six people convicted of drugs offences, including five foreigners, a spokesman for the attorney generals office says. The foreigners were from Brazil, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Malawi and Nigeria.
The mysterious Mr. Ri returns, urbane survivor of North Korea purge
PHOTOS. North Koreas Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong (L) is seen before a talk with Vietnams Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (not pictured) at the Government Guest House in Hanoi August 6, 2014.. Now North Koreas foreign.
Australian journalist working on tourist visa could be deported: Indonesian.
By Devianti Faridz, Indonesia correspondent,Channel NewsAsia; POSTED: 27 Feb 2015 14:24; UPDATED: 27 Feb 2015 14:30. Indonesian police patrol maximum security prison Nusa Kambangan in Cilacap, Central Java province, on Jan 16, 2015 prior to the.
Jakarta delays execution of two Australians, denies pressure to blame
JAKARTA: Indonesia has delayed the execution of two Australian drug smugglers by up to a month, backtracking on an earlier pledge to put the pair before the firing squad by the end of February. Vice President Jusuf Kallas office Friday said the.
Southeast Asia from the Corner of 18th and K Streets.
The term ���dynamic equilibrium��� has been bandied among Indonesian officials and U.S. interlocutors with surprising frequency since Indonesia assumed the ASEAN chairmanship in 2011. As shorthand for Indonesias regional. Indonesia does not seek an Asia Pacific in which it, the United States, China, India, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Russia avoid conflict only through a balance of force, either individually or in coalition. The preponderance of the United��.
Channel NewsAsia - News Hong Kong - WordPress.com
JAKARTA: Indonesia is ready to execute seven foreign drug convicts on death row after their appeals for presidential clemency were rejected, an official said, in a move certain to set Jakarta on a collision course with international allies. The seven include two. Indonesia earlier this month executed six drug offenders, including five foreigners, prompting a furious Brazil and the Netherlands ��� whose citizens were among those put to death ��� to recall their ambassadors.
Death Penalty News: Indonesia pressing on with.
While Indonesian authorities have not officially announced when the executions would take place, several officials have said that a number will face the firing squad later this week on Nusa Kambangan Island in Cilacap, Central Java. ���We have been preparing the execution.. Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo said on Friday that the number of people to be executed would not exceed those executed in the first round last month. Local and international human rights��.
Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501: airline confirms debris in.
Indonesian officials confirm that debris located found in the Java sea comes from the AirAsia Airbus A320 which went missing on Sunday carrying 162 passengers.. At least two distraught family members were carried out on stretchers from the room where they had been waiting for news in Surabaya, Indonesias second largest city - the take-off point for the aircraft that disappeared during a storm on. Please do not show a picture of a dead body,��� said the officer.
Threats have no place in diplomacy, Indonesia tells Australia
Indonesian authorities have confirmed the Australians will be among the next set of prisoners to face the firing squad, but have remained tight-lipped about when the executions will take place and which other foreign convicts will join them. On Tuesday.
Families of AirAsia flight passengers gather at airports to.
Georgia womans execution delayed for cloudy drugs.. ���I should have gone with them but I canceled it two weeks ago as I had something to do,��� one relative of a passenger said, sobbing, according to a translation by Channel NewsAsia.. He also said hes not giving up hope for the safe return of his relatives. ���We still have hope,��� he said. ���We cannot lose hope.��� The losses will be felt around the world. While nearly everyone on the flight is from Indonesia, there are��.
Indonesia delays transfer of two Australian drug offenders for execution
Indonesia has postponed the transfer of five convicts, two Australian drug offenders among them, to another prison for execution, prompted by medical concerns and families requests for more time with the prisoners, authorities said on Tuesday. PHOTOS.
Australias PM pleads with Indonesia over death row men.
Asked whether Canberra would withdraw Australian officials if the executions go ahead, Abbott said: We will find ways of making our displeasure known. We respect Indonesias sovereignty but we would very much��.
Brother of Australian on Indonesia death row pleads for mercy
On Monday, the head of the Bali prosecutors office, Momock Bambang Samiarso, said that the pair would be moved this week from their jail on the resort island to a prison off Java, where the executions will take place.
Brazils Rousseff refuses Indonesian envoy credentials
BRAS��LIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday (Feb 20) refused to accept the credentials of the Indonesian ambassador to demonstrate her anger at last months execution of a Brazilian citizen for drug smuggling. We think it is important that.
Crazed Washington Drives the World to the Final War
The war is inevitable because Washingtons doctrine of world hegemony does not permit the existence of other strong countries with independent foreign policies. Unless the House-of-Card US economy collapses, the only way Russia and China can avoid .
Australian PM strikes conciliatory note over Indonesia executions
Indonesian government officials have repeatedly said the planned executions, to be carried out by firing squads, would not be delayed or cancelled despite diplomatic pressure. No date has been set for the executions. We understand the efforts made by .
Indonesia official says not sure executions will take place this month
An Indonesian official said on Friday he was not certain the execution of up to 11 convicts, including two convicted Australian drug smugglers, would take place this month.. Indonesia has no intention at all to damage relations, he told Channel.
Shock in Malaysia after nationals identified in Islamic State video
Some were too timid to watch the video that sent shockwaves across the predominantly Muslim country. I am not brave enough to watch. If this happens in Malaysia, I will be so scared,��� one told Channel NewsAsia. Muhammed Wanndy and Muhammed Faris .
Jokowis Fall
Singapores Channel News Asia reported on a poll released about a month ago: ���Poll Institute Puspol Indonesia reported that 74.6 per cent of respondents were dissatisfied with Mr. Widodos leadership.��� Foreign nations are not thrilled by Jokowis.