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Indonesia to Sign Deal Today to Repatriate Two Britons on Death Row

Officials frame the move as part of recent returns of foreign drug convicts, with executions still officially on the table.

Overview

  • An Indonesian government source identified Lindsay Sandiford and 35-year-old Shahab Shahabadi as the prisoners slated for transfer under the agreement.
  • The coordinating ministry scheduled a joint press conference with the British ambassador for later Tuesday to discuss the release of the two British nationals.
  • Authorities said the transfers will proceed immediately after technical arrangements are finalized, with the British embassy directing inquiries to Indonesia.
  • Sandiford was sentenced to death in 2013 after Bali customs found cocaine in a false suitcase bottom in 2012, while Shahabadi was arrested on drug charges in 2014.
  • Indonesia reports more than 90 foreign nationals on death row for drug offenses, has not executed since 2016, and has recently repatriated Mary Jane Veloso and Serge Atlaoui.