Death sentences on the rise in Indonesia
Number of people condemned to the firing squad rose by 46 percent last year
An Indonesian social activist with a poster urging the president to stop executions during a protest in July 2016 in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta. (Photo: UCA News)
The number of death sentences handed down by Indonesian courts last year rose by 46 percent on the previous year, a leading rights group says.
According to Amnesty International Indonesia, 117 death sentences were handed down in 2020, compared with 80 in 2019.
In its latest report on the death penalty released on April 21, Amnesty said 101 out of the 117 death sentences were given in drug cases, while the other 16 were handed to convicted murderers.