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Asia & Pacific 1 year ago
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Inmate Mary Jane Veloso to return to Philippines on Wednesday
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina domestic worker who was sentenced to death 14 years ago in Indonesia, is scheduled return to her home country on Wednesday as part of a prisoner transfer agreement between Jakarta and Manila.
Asia & Pacific 1 year ago
Filipina on death row says planned transfer home as 'miracle'
Mother of two Mary Jane Veloso, 39, was arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with 2.6 kilograms of heroin, in a case that sparked uproar in the Philippines.
Asia & Pacific 1 year ago
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Mary Jane Veloso’s return based on presidential discretion, minister asserts
Moves to extradite foreign nationals convicted in Indonesia to their origin country could be accommodated in a mutual legal assistance (MLA) in criminal matters with a partner country. It is also within the President’s authority to make any decision based on mutual benefits, humanity and human rights considerations, as well as the relationship with the country in question, despite the lack of regulations on the matter.
Asia & Pacific 1 year ago
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Indonesia agrees to return death row convict Mary Jane Veloso to Philippines
Indonesia has agreed to send Mary Jane Veloso back to the Philippines after years of attempts by her home country and international human rights groups to save the drug convict from death row.
Society 4 years ago
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Komnas HAM makes renewed calls for Merri Utami's clemency
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to grant clemency for death row convict Merri Utami, whose clemency plea has yet to be responded by the President after more than five years.
National 5 years ago
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Decades on death row: Calls made for commutation of death sentences
With dozens of Indonesia’s death row inmates having spent more than 10 years waiting for their execution dates, one government official and legal activists are calling for reform of what they consider to be an unjust and inhuman system.
