Post by Krisb on Apr 25, 2015 19:29:09 GMT 7
Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have been told they may be executed as soon as Tuesday.
The pair was given notice on Saturday of Indonesia's intention to execute them in a minimum of 72 hours, during a meeting on Nusakambangan Island.
Lawyer Julian McMahon returned with three self-portraits by Sukumaran.
One canvas was dated April 25 and signed "72 hours just started".
Australian embassy officials were earlier called to a meeting in Cilacap, signalling the beginning of the process to execute the Australians for the Bali Nine plot ten years ago.
Indonesia must give at least 72 hours' notice of the executions.
Mr McMahon did not comment to reporters but showed Sukumaran's self-portraits, the others signed "Our new prison. A Bad Sleep Last Night" dated April 25 and "A strange day" dated April 24.
Jakarta had pledged to wait for all 10 prisoners in line for the firing squad to exhaust their legal avenues before naming what the attorney-general's spokesman Tony Spontana termed "D-day".
Indonesian Zainal Abidin's bid for a judicial review is expected to be determined on Monday.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the summoning of all embassies with nationals in the ten set for execution had her "deeply and profoundly" worried.
"I fear the worst," she told reporters in Brussels.
It wasn't too late for President Joko Widodo to show mercy to two rehabilitated men, she said.
"He is the leader of a great nation, a dear and close friend of Australia," Ms Bishop said.
"We ask that he take into account our considerations."
Ms Bishop is seeking a phone call with her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi, who was unavailable on Friday due to Indonesia hosting the Asian-African Conference, Ms Bishop's office said.
Sukumaran's sister Brintha meanwhile released a brief YouTube video pleading for her older brother's life.
Clutching a photo of her big brother as a child she said: "From the bottom of my heart please President Widodo have mercy on my brother."
In Gallipoli, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said efforts to save Chan, 31, and Sukumaran, 34, continued.
"I guess there's always hope while there's life but obviously these are late days," he said.
Members of the Chan and Sukumaran families were due to fly to Indonesia on Saturday.
Their lawyers have lodged a challenge with the constitutional court but Attorney-General HM Prasetyo doesn't consider the challenge an issue, believing the pair have exhausted their appeals.
But his office is yet to respond to moves by lawyers for Filipina Mary Jane Veloso, who filed a second request for a judicial review late on Friday.
The request fulfils the requirement of containing new evidence, they say, arguing the single mother is a victim who was tricked into carrying drugs into Indonesia.
The single mother saw her two sons on Nusakambangan for two hours on Saturday and was "incredibly calm and composed," according to her lawyer Edre Olalia.
Frenchman Serge Atlaoui has meanwhile won a reprieve, according to Fairfax Media.
France had issued stern warnings of diplomatic "consequences" if he was executed, amid serious doubts over his guilt and subsequent trial.
And although Abidin's case is still before the courts, he has already been moved in anticipation of his execution.
His lawyer Ade Yuliawan told Indonesian news website detik.com his client was moved on Friday night.
"This is still in the process," he protested. "Zainal was picked up and taken to an isolation cell."
www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/bali-nine-pair-myuran-sukumaran-and-andrew-chan-given-72-hour-execution-notice/ar-AAbDqzs?ocid=mailsignout
The pair was given notice on Saturday of Indonesia's intention to execute them in a minimum of 72 hours, during a meeting on Nusakambangan Island.
Lawyer Julian McMahon returned with three self-portraits by Sukumaran.
One canvas was dated April 25 and signed "72 hours just started".
Australian embassy officials were earlier called to a meeting in Cilacap, signalling the beginning of the process to execute the Australians for the Bali Nine plot ten years ago.
Indonesia must give at least 72 hours' notice of the executions.
Mr McMahon did not comment to reporters but showed Sukumaran's self-portraits, the others signed "Our new prison. A Bad Sleep Last Night" dated April 25 and "A strange day" dated April 24.
Jakarta had pledged to wait for all 10 prisoners in line for the firing squad to exhaust their legal avenues before naming what the attorney-general's spokesman Tony Spontana termed "D-day".
Indonesian Zainal Abidin's bid for a judicial review is expected to be determined on Monday.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the summoning of all embassies with nationals in the ten set for execution had her "deeply and profoundly" worried.
"I fear the worst," she told reporters in Brussels.
It wasn't too late for President Joko Widodo to show mercy to two rehabilitated men, she said.
"He is the leader of a great nation, a dear and close friend of Australia," Ms Bishop said.
"We ask that he take into account our considerations."
Ms Bishop is seeking a phone call with her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi, who was unavailable on Friday due to Indonesia hosting the Asian-African Conference, Ms Bishop's office said.
Sukumaran's sister Brintha meanwhile released a brief YouTube video pleading for her older brother's life.
Clutching a photo of her big brother as a child she said: "From the bottom of my heart please President Widodo have mercy on my brother."
In Gallipoli, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said efforts to save Chan, 31, and Sukumaran, 34, continued.
"I guess there's always hope while there's life but obviously these are late days," he said.
Members of the Chan and Sukumaran families were due to fly to Indonesia on Saturday.
Their lawyers have lodged a challenge with the constitutional court but Attorney-General HM Prasetyo doesn't consider the challenge an issue, believing the pair have exhausted their appeals.
But his office is yet to respond to moves by lawyers for Filipina Mary Jane Veloso, who filed a second request for a judicial review late on Friday.
The request fulfils the requirement of containing new evidence, they say, arguing the single mother is a victim who was tricked into carrying drugs into Indonesia.
The single mother saw her two sons on Nusakambangan for two hours on Saturday and was "incredibly calm and composed," according to her lawyer Edre Olalia.
Frenchman Serge Atlaoui has meanwhile won a reprieve, according to Fairfax Media.
France had issued stern warnings of diplomatic "consequences" if he was executed, amid serious doubts over his guilt and subsequent trial.
And although Abidin's case is still before the courts, he has already been moved in anticipation of his execution.
His lawyer Ade Yuliawan told Indonesian news website detik.com his client was moved on Friday night.
"This is still in the process," he protested. "Zainal was picked up and taken to an isolation cell."
www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/bali-nine-pair-myuran-sukumaran-and-andrew-chan-given-72-hour-execution-notice/ar-AAbDqzs?ocid=mailsignout