President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia is fighting a war on drugs and traffickers must be heavily punished.

  Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir defended the upcoming executions as "pure law enforcement

  The executions of seven foreigners in April -- among them two Australians -- prompted Australia to temporarily withdraw its ambassador.

 

They have to return at least 75 percent of the ill-gotten money and blow the whistle on partners-in...

 

But lawmakers have never budged from their unwavering support of the death penalty for corruption

The government, however, continues to take a tough stance against corruption  

  No qualifications were necessary and that applicants would be exempted from the usual entrance exams.

  Malaysia has a mandatory death penalty by hanging for anyone found guilty of carrying more than 50 grams of a drug...

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in death penalty case arising from a botched execution in Oklahoma  

  Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its "war" on...

  An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to...

  President Widodo has turned a deaf ear to increasingly clamorous appeals on the convicts' behalf from their governments, social media

  Amid growing concerns about how executions are carried out in the United States, the number of prison inmates being put to death...