JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say eight convicted drug smugglers, including two Australians, will be transferred to a prison island for execution despite international appeals.
Attorney General Office’s spokesman Tony Spontana said Monday that Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, will be taken from their cell on Bali island to Nusa Kambangan prison island this week.
He said seven men from Indonesia, Australia, France, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria and a woman from the Philippines, have exhausted all legal options, but he gave no exact date for their executions.
They will face a firing squad that will shoot them simultaneously in pairs.
Human rights experts have expressed concern at reports indicating a trial for some defendants did not meet international standards of fairness.
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