Indonesian authorities have executed four convicted drug offenders, CNN affiliate CNN Indonesia reported Friday. Those executed were two Nigerians, one Senegalese and one Indonesian.
[Original story, published at 11:47 a.m. ET]
Indonesia is set to execute more drug convicts this week, according to the country's Attorney General.
The office of Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo has not released details about this round of executions, but preparations are underway at the Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java.
Human Rights Watch has called on President Joko Widodo, also known as "Jokowi," to commute the sentences of at least 14 inmates -- including a number of foreign nationals -- for drug trafficking.

"President Jokowi should acknowledge the death penalty's barbarity and avoid a potential diplomatic firestorm by sparing the lives of the 14 or more people facing imminent execution," said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement released Wednesday.
"Jokowi should also ban the death penalty for drug crimes, which international law prohibits, rather than giving the go-ahead for more multiple executions."
Amnesty International also issued a strong statement, saying the President "will be putting his government on the wrong side of history if he proceeds with a fresh round of executions."
According to the organization fourteen people will face the firing squad as early as this weekend, including Indonesians, a Pakistani, an Indian, a Zimbabwean, a Senegalese, a South African and five Nigerians.
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The Indonesian government insists the country faces a drug emergency that requires tough measures.
Its all-out war on illegal drugs has already seen a large number of executions in recent years.
Fourteen drug convicts faced the firing squad in 2015, six in January and another eight in April.
Under the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a total of 21 convicts were executed from 2005 to 2013.
Indonesia's prosecutors have always stressed that only death row convicts who have exhausted all legal avenues are put on the execution list. They are given the option to seek presidential clemency and a Supreme Court judicial review.
However, rights activists have long insisted the death penalty is not an effective deterrent to drug prevention.
"There is no evidence to support President Widodo's position," said Amnesty's Josef Benedict.
"The death penalty does not deter crime. Carrying out executions will not rid Indonesia of drugs. It is never the solution, and it will damage Indonesia's standing in the world,"
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So sad!

MDsambo:
So sad!

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