Sunday, November 09, 2008
Australia - Implementation of the Bali terrorists: Amnesty accuses Canberra of not intervened to save their lives, by Noémie Cournoyer
Obama, he supports the death penalty ...
Amnesty International said today that following the execution of the perpetrators of the Bali bombings, calls for selective clemency by the federal government have endangered the lives of Australians who are on death row.
Terrorists Mukhlas, Amrozi and Imam Samudra, three of the men responsible for the 2002 attacks in Bali that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, were executed by a firing squad in Indonesia, just after midnight (4 pm AEDT) .
The failure of the government to seek clemency for the three men put at risk the lives of Australians who are on death row, including three members of the Bali Nine, "said Amnesty International.
Drug traffickers Australian Scott Rush, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are also waiting to be executed.
But while he has remained silent on the fate of Mukhlas, Amrozi and Imam Samudra, the government has exerted strong pressure to save the lives of three Australians.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Canberra does not intervene on behalf of foreign terrorists.
"We recently asked the government and the previous government to take a principled position on the death penalty and oppose in every case," said Katie Wood, campaign coordinator for Amnesty.
"By being selective in its appeals for clemency, the government promotes a two-tier policy on capital punishment, which inevitably undermines Australia's position on the issue, which inevitably has an effect on Australians who face the death penalty in Indonesia. "
Ms. Wood said that Amnesty understands why some families of the victims supported the death penalty but said it was "cruel and inhuman regardless of the crime and nationality."
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Labels: Australia, Indonesia, Islam, Noémie Cournoyer, Religion and fanaticism, Terrorism
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Indonesia - The perpetrators of the Bali bombings were allegedly executed. Riots expected, by Iba Bouramine
Riots are expected ... to protest against this great injustice to execute Muslims who kill infidels ...
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has executed three Muslim militants sentenced to death for the 2002 bombings in Bali which have been 202 deaths, reported Sunday on TVOne television network, citing an unidentified source.
72 virgins ... soon ...
(Photo : REUTERS/Beawiharta/Files )
The TV said that Imam Samudra, Mukhlas and Amrozi were executed on the island NUSAKAMBANGAN in Central Java after midnight.
The executions could not be immediately confirmed by the authorities.
Officials have said that after the executions, the remains would be transported by helicopter in the hometown of each convicted - brothers Amrozi and Mukhlas in Lamongan in East Java, and Imam Samudra at Serang, at the West Java.
Darajad Zakiah, wife of Saumdra, has read an open letter by a parent at a press conference in Serang.
"I hope Allah will give them the best and the worst book to all those who inflicted this unfair treatment," said the letter. 
The mother of terrorist teaches children a duty of hatred
In a statement by their lawyers before the executions, the men said that their blood "become the light for believers, and the flames of hell for the infidels and hypocrites".
In an interview with Reuters at the end of last year, activists said their only regret is that some Muslims have also been killed in the explosions.
The two explosions in Bali Kuta strip on October 12 in 2002 - one at Paddy's Bar and the other at Sari Club - killed 202 people including 88 Australians and 38 Indonesian citizens, and dealt a blow to 'Tourism industry of the island.
The attacks by the militant Southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) were intended to discourage foreigners, as part of a campaign to integrate Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world in a wide Islamic caliphate.
While there have been no bombings since 2005, Indonesia is still considered at risk.
The contreterroriste Indonesian unit, Detachment 88, was involved in a series of raids last year, according to the authorities, have resulted in the arrest of leaders of JI and its military wing.
Ten suspected militants were arrested in July during raids in Sumatra and a large cache of explosives was seized.
In October, police said they foiled a plan to attack a major oil deposit in Jakarta.
Police are still searching for Noordin Top, a Malaysian regarded as a key figure behind a series of bombings, including a second series of explosions in Bali in 2005 with more than 20 dead.
Labels: Iba Bouramine, Indonesia, Islam, Religion and fanaticism, Terrorism
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