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These are the people who are due to be executed alongside the Bali Nine duo tonight.

If Andrew and Myruan are executed tonight, these are the seven other souls who will lose their lives alongside them.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been held on Nusakambangan Island since early March. Over the weekend, the pair learned they would be executed this week, most likely tonight.

As the tragic deadline looms, we look at the other men and one woman who will be killed alongside the Australians.

 

Martin Anderson (AKA Belo), Ghana

Belo was charged in 2003 after he was found in possession of 50 grams of heroin in Jakarta. He was sentenced to death in 2004.

According to the New York Times, Mr Anderson filed a judicial review of his conviction and sentence with Indonesia’s Supreme Court, but his lawyer said it was unlikely the court would consider his appeal until after he is executed.

Zainal Abidin, Indonesia

Mr Abidin was charged with smuggling of 58.7 kilograms of marijuana in 2001.

He was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison, which was later upgraded to the death penalty by the High Court.

Rodrigo Gularte, Brazil

Rodrigo Gularte, 43, was sentenced to death in 2005, after attempting to smuggle 19 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia.

He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Fairfax Media reports Mr Gularte has not been able to discuss the case with his lawyers, due to his schizophrenia.

Reprieve, an aid organisation working with Mr Gularte, claims international law prohibits executing people with mental or intellectual disabilities, ABC News reports.

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According to the Jakarta Post, the Indonesian Attorney General denied an appeal based on Mr Gularte’s mental illness, stating he was perfectly healthy when he decided to commit the crime.

Another Brazilian national was executed in January, after which the nation’s president Dilma Rousseff recalled its Indonesian ambassador and stated she was “distressed and outraged” by the killing.

Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, Phillippines

The only woman in the group, Mary Jane, 30, was arrested at an airport in 2010, after attempting to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of heroin into Yogyakarta from Malaysia.

Her lawyers are arguing her case should be reviewed due to Ms Veloso’s translator not being certified. Ms Veloso only speaks Tagalog, a language spoken in the Phillippines.

According to Rappler, an Indonesian social news site, Ms Veloso is a single mother of two from Manila, and initially travelled to Malaysia to be a domestic helper. After her employment fell through, she agreed to smuggle two suitcases of heroin to Indonesia.

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She maintains she did not know the suitcases contained heroin.

News.com.au reports Ms Veloso was possibly a victim of human trafficking.

She is one of the few prisoners to have spurred support from the Indonesian people, who have protested her execution.

Silvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Nigeria

 

The 47-year-old was lured from his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria to Pakistan — where he was promised a good job and money.

However, upon arrival he claims he was offered to smuggle capsules of heroin into Indonesia. In 2001, he was caught at Jakarta airport and charged with 1.1 kilograms of heroin into the country.

Mr Obiekwe Nwolise’s wife says during the trial his translator could not communicate with him, and that officials requested a bribe of around $20,000, The New York Times reports.

Raheem Agbaje Salami, Nigeria

The Nigerian national was sentence to life in prison in 1999 after being found guilty of smuggling 5.3 kilograms of heroin through Juanda airport.

His sentence was upgraded in 2006.

Mr Salami recently made headlines after he requested his organs be donated after his execution.

He also requested to be buried in the Catholic part of the local cemetery, and to make a phone call to his family in Nigeria prior to his execution, news.com.au reports.

Okwudili Oyatanze, Nigeria

Okwudili Oyatanze was arrested in January 2001 at the Soekarno Hatta for smuggling 1.15 kilograms of heroin.

He was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court in August 2001.

According to Amnesty International, his clemency application was rejected in February 2015.
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Top Comments

farkennel 10 years ago

Dont worry,the woman was spared,what a shock.Lots of male tears to bathe in for Clementine Ford.


rchl 10 years ago

The case of Rodrigo Gularte especially breaks my heart. How can anyone unable to assist in their own defence possibly be executed?

The death penalty is just so wrong.