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Indonesia Notifies 7 Convicts of Impending Executions

Indonesia on Saturday officially notified at least seven foreigners on death row for drug trafficking that they would be executed, prompting an appeal from the U.N. chief to spare the convicts. A lawyer for one of the foreigners said they had been given a 72-hour notice of execution, as required by Indonesian law. A French national was given a temporary reprieve from execution after Paris stepped up pressure on Jakarta. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Indonesia to...


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