Right: Abu Bakar Bashir, a prominent Muslim cleric, was jailed for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but was not charged with a capital offence.
web links and documents
On November 9, 2008, The Thaindian News carried a detailed account of the executions that had been carried out early that day of three Indonesian terrorists involved in the 2002 Bali bombings.The news item, titled, 'Indonesia executes three Bali bombers' can be read at http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/indonesia-executes-three-bali-bombers-lead_100116743.html
On November 9, 2002, Time magazine published an analysis and opinion piece titled, 'Indonesia Tense After Terrorism Executions'. It was written by Jason Tedjasukmana. It gives an overview of the actions Indonesia has taken against terrorism in the years since 2002. It is essentially favourable toward the actions Indonesia has taken.
The article can be read at http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1857844,00.html
On November 5, 2008, the Internet new and comment site Global Voices published an interesting background piece on the executions titled, 'Indonesia:execution of Bali bombers'. Written by Mong Palatino, it draws on a wide variety of sources to explain why it has taken five years for the bombers to be about to be executed. It also quotes a variety of responses to their imminent deaths.
Global Voices is a leading participatory media news room for voices from the developing world. Begun in 2005 as a simple blog hosted at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Global Voices has grown into a global community of more than 150 active volunteer authors and translators and more than 20 freelance part- time regional and language editors.
The full text of the piece can be read at http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/05/indonesia-execution-of-bali-bombers/
On November 4, 2008, the New Zealand news site, The Press, carried an editorial critical of the Australian and New Zealand Governments for not strongly opposing the impending executions of three of the Bali bombers. The editorial was titled, 'Bali executions' It can be read in full at http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4748729a14337.html
On December 27, 2008, The Jakarta Post published an opinion piece titled, 'Indonesia is on the right track in its fight against terrorism'. The piece was written by S.P. Seth. The piece gives a generally favourable account of the efforts Indonesia has made to reduce the threat of terrorism, though it acknowledges the extent of some of the problems which still exist.
The full text of the opinion piece can be read at http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/12/15/indonesia-right-track-its-fight-against-terrorism.html
On October 31, 2008, the human rights organisation, Amnesty International, posted on its Internet site an article titled, 'Bali bombers to face firing squad'. The piece gives background information on what has led up to the impending executions and criticizes Indonesia for being about to violate international law and its own constitution. The full text of this article can be read at http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/bali-bombers-to-face-firing-squad-20081031