A Nigerian sentence to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking

Jakarta – Local media report on Thursday in
Jakarta, said another Nigerian, Simon
Ezeaputa, has been sentenced to death in
Indonesia for drug trafficking.
It said the district court in Tangerang, near
Jakarta, on Wednesday found Ezeaputa guilty
of controlling a drug transaction from his
prison cell, where he was serving a 20-year
jail term for drug offences.
The report said the transaction involved 350
grams of crystal methamphetamine.
With the latest development more than 60
people are on death row in Indonesia for drug
offences.
The report said Indonesia executed six drug
convicts in January and was preparing to put
to death another 10 death-row inmates.
It said these include two Australians who have
been the subject of a diplomatic row between
Jakarta and Canberra.
Meanwhile, the Amnesty International said in
its annual report on the death penalty
worldwide released on Wednesday that
“Indonesia stood out for all the wrong
reasons.”
Papang Hidayat, Head, Amnesty Researcher,
Indonesia, said the death penalty was always
a human rights violation.
He said there were many issues in Indonesia,
in particular fair trial concerns, that make
death sentences more complicated.
Hidayat said investigations by human rights
groups have found that individuals sentenced
to death have been tortured and forced to
sign police investigation reports.