Zulfiqar Ali oposición de religiosos y parlamentariosInformación complementariaFlawed Justice: Unfair Trials and the Death Penalty in 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hay pruebas que respalden la postura del presidente Widodo. La pena de muerte no disuade contra el crimen, nunca es una solución. Las ejecuciones no librarán a Indonesia de las drogas ”Josef Benedict, director adjunto de la oficina regional de Amnistía Internacional para el Sureste Asiático y el Pacífico
