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Mary Jane Veloso receives a last-minute reprieve from execution by firing squad for drug trafficking in Indonesia in 2015.

Si Ouey's was tried and found guilty of murder and executed by firing squad on Sept. 16, 1959. He was 32. The truth about his case, however, is difficult to confirm.

State news agency BNA said the men were executed by firing squad in the presence of a judge, doctor and a Muslim cleric.

Nie Shubin was 20 years old when he faced a firing squad in 1995, two days after being convicted of rape and murder.

Indonesia on Friday executed one local and three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad, an official said.

Indonesia Thursday rejected appeals from the UN and EU to halt the execution of 14 drug convicts including foreigners, as speculation mounted they could face the firing squad in a matter of hours.

A Filipina on death row in Indonesia was visited by family Tuesday for a late birthday bash, as her supporters maintained the single mother would be proclaimed innocent and escape the firing squad.

The United States, where the death penalty is still carried out, on Wednesday steered clear of a storm of global protest triggered by Indonesia's execution of seven foreign drug traffickers.

Indonesia faced a storm of international protest Wednesday for putting seven foreign drug convicts before a firing squad, but Filipinos rejoiced after a compatriot was spared at the last minute.

Indonesia made final preparations Tuesday to execute eight foreigners by firing squad, as weeping family members paid last visits to their loved ones.

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Indonesia's legal chief says Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have now exhausted all legal attempts to avoid the firing squad.

Lawyers for two Australian drug smugglers facing execution in Indonesia submitted evidence to a court on Wednesday as part of the men's latest attempt to avoid the firing squad.

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