Post by carolinem on Oct 18, 2008 9:17:24 GMT -5
October 17, 2008
Three Islamic militants on death row over the 2002 Bali bombings have been visited by family members as their executions draw nearer.
Indonesia's Attorney General is expected to announce next Friday the details of the executions.
In accordance with the country's laws, Indonesia does not make public the timing and location of executions, raising speculation that the statement could be to announce the bombers have been put to death.
Indonesia's Constitutional Court is expected to rule on Tuesday on a side challenge by the bombers' lawyers, who have argued the country's use of firing squads to carry out executions amounts to torture.
Defence lawyer Achmad Michdan said Amrozi and Imam Samudra were visited by their wives, mothers and other relatives at their Nusakambangan Island prison, off Central Java, on Friday.
He said relatives of Amrozi's brother Mukhlas would visit next week.
"This is not the families' last visit because next week there will be visits from Mukhlas' wife and his children, who are still in Malaysia," he said.
Samudra's mother Embay Badriyah said the executions were a matter for God.
"Death is in God's hands - we submit it all to God," she told reporters.
"We can only pray."
The men were convicted of playing key roles in the October 12, 2002 Bali nightclub bombings which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
A spokesman for Indonesia's Attorney General Hendarman Supandji last week said there were "no obstacles" to prevent the executions from proceeding.
The bombers have exhausted all legal options, and the Constitutional Court's pending verdict has no direct application to their case.
Three Islamic militants on death row over the 2002 Bali bombings have been visited by family members as their executions draw nearer.
Indonesia's Attorney General is expected to announce next Friday the details of the executions.
In accordance with the country's laws, Indonesia does not make public the timing and location of executions, raising speculation that the statement could be to announce the bombers have been put to death.
Indonesia's Constitutional Court is expected to rule on Tuesday on a side challenge by the bombers' lawyers, who have argued the country's use of firing squads to carry out executions amounts to torture.
Defence lawyer Achmad Michdan said Amrozi and Imam Samudra were visited by their wives, mothers and other relatives at their Nusakambangan Island prison, off Central Java, on Friday.
He said relatives of Amrozi's brother Mukhlas would visit next week.
"This is not the families' last visit because next week there will be visits from Mukhlas' wife and his children, who are still in Malaysia," he said.
Samudra's mother Embay Badriyah said the executions were a matter for God.
"Death is in God's hands - we submit it all to God," she told reporters.
"We can only pray."
The men were convicted of playing key roles in the October 12, 2002 Bali nightclub bombings which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
A spokesman for Indonesia's Attorney General Hendarman Supandji last week said there were "no obstacles" to prevent the executions from proceeding.
The bombers have exhausted all legal options, and the Constitutional Court's pending verdict has no direct application to their case.