Australia complains over Indonesia's treatment of death row prisoners


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Mar 2015

People watch as a small group of anti-drug activists try to burn an effigy during a protest near the ferry crossing for the prison island of Nusakambangan, where upcoming executions are expected, in Cilacap, Central Java March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Australia has complained about the treatment of two drug smugglers, who face execution in Indonesia, and wants to lodge a formal protest after a smiling Indonesian police chief was photographed posing with the men, officials said on Friday.

The planned executions of Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, have ramped up diplomatic tension between Australia and Indonesia after repeated pleas for mercy on their behalf. They are among a group of up to 11 convicts, mostly foreigners, due to be executed on the prison island of Nusakambangan.

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