Fury in Australia as Drug Traffickers Executed in Indonesia

Australia has withdrawn its ambassador to Indonesia in protest at the executions of two convicted drug smugglers. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran died before a firing squad alongside other death row inmates from Brazil, Nigeria and Indonesia. Authorities in Jakarta say the punishments are a vital part in its war on the drugs trade. To their supporters, Chan and Sukumaran had atoned for their crimes of attempting to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin from Indonesia to Australia....

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