Indonesian President Joko Widodo endorses the execution of five prisoners on drug charges

By Michael Bachelard
Updated December 6 2014 - 3:08am, first published December 5 2014 - 12:31pm
Life hangs in the balance ... Bali 9 member Andrew Chan in Bali's Kerobokan Jail in 2010. Photo: Jason Childs
Life hangs in the balance ... Bali 9 member Andrew Chan in Bali's Kerobokan Jail in 2010. Photo: Jason Childs
On death row ... Bali 9 member Myuran Sukumaran in the art room at Kerobokan Prison. Photo: SMH
On death row ... Bali 9 member Myuran Sukumaran in the art room at Kerobokan Prison. Photo: SMH

Jakarta: New Indonesian President Joko Widodo appears to have dashed the hopes of human rights activists by endorsing the execution by firing squad of five prisoners on death row.

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