As Bali nine duo await execution, Indonesia decries beheading of second maid in Saudi Arabia

By Tom Allard
Updated April 17 2015 - 7:18am, first published 7:03am
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran remain on death row as the legal battle continues in Indonesia.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran remain on death row as the legal battle continues in Indonesia.
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs
Bali nine drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday on Friday in prison awaiting his execution. Photo: Jason Childs

The state-sanctioned beheading of two Indonesian maids in two days in Saudi Arabia has prompted fierce protests in Indonesia and renewed criticism of the country's double standard on the death penalty as it prepares to execute two members of the Bali nine drug ring.

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