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Below: In February, 2015, SBS screened a Dateline episode looking at claims of rehabilitation in the cases of convicted drug smugglers of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.





Below: In January, 2015, CNN published an interview with new Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The program gives an insight to the thinking of the leader of one of the world's most populous nations.

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Below:in March, 2015, the ABC's Behind the News published a short segment outlining the abandonment of capital punishment by Australia.





Below:In April, 2015, a BBC documentary looked at the death penalty and at how it effects the condemned, their families and even their prison custodians. (This program runs for nearly an hour. Warning: the program is quite harrowing in places.)







Web links, documents

On March 11, 2015, The Conversation published a comment from Barry Jones, Professorial Fellow at University of Melbourne, titled 'Barry Jones: The deep bilateral hypocrisy on the death penalty'
The opinion piece criticises the populist and prejudiced attitudes adopted toward capital punishment in both Australia and Indonesia.
The full text can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/barry-jones-the-deep-bilateral-hypocrisy-on-the-death-penalty-38650

On March 3, 2015, The Diplomat published an opinion piece by Nithin Coca titled 'Indonesia's Death Penalty Hypocrisy'
The article criticises the differential manner in which the Indonesian government views and applies the death penalty.
The full text can be accessed at http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/indonesias-death-penalty-hypocrisy/

On February 26, 2015, The Conversation published an opinion piece by Bharat Malkani,
Lecturer, Birmingham Law School at University of Birmingham, titled 'Indonesia is wrong: the death penalty is everyone's business'
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/indonesia-is-wrong-the-death-penalty-is-everyones-business-37992

On February 18, 2015, New Matilda published an opinion piece by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Mediaa Wahyudi Askar titled 'An Indonesian Perspective: Australia Must Respect Our Penalty For Drug Trafficking'
The full text can be accessed at https://newmatilda.com/2015/02/18/indonesian-perspective-australia-must-respect-our-penalty-drug-trafficking

On February 18, 2015, The Age published an analysis and opinion piece titled 'Indonesia's imposition of the death penalty for drug crimes breaches its international obligations'
The article argues that imposing the death penalty on drug smugglers puts Indonesia in violation of international law.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.theage.com.au/comment/indonesias-imposition-of-the-death-penalty-for-drug-crimes-breaches-its-international-obligations-20150217-13gqo5.html

On February 16, 2015, The Conversation published an opinion piece by Asmin Fransiska,
Lecturer in Human Rights at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, titled 'Jokowi should halt executions under Indonesia's corrupt judicial system,
The full text of this article can e accessed at http://theconversation.com/jokowi-should-halt-executions-under-indonesias-corrupt-judicial-system-37463

On February 6, 2015, Perth Now published two comments titled 'Death row duo: what should we do? Tom Percy and Joe Spagnolo give both sides of the Bali Nine debate'
The full text of these comments can be accessed at http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/opinion/death-row-duo-what-should-we-do-tom-percy-and-joe-spagnolo-give-both-sides-of-the-bali-nine-debate/story-fnhocuug-1227209575010

On February 5, 2015, The Conversation published an opinion piece by Claudia Stoicescu,
PhD Candidate in Social Intervention at University of Oxford, titled 'Indonesia uses faulty stats on "drug crisis" to justify death penalty'
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/indonesia-uses-faulty-stats-on-drug-crisis-to-justify-death-penalty-36512

On January 31, 2015, The Northern Territory News published a comment by Maria Billias titled 'Do Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan deserve to die, asks Maria Billias'
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/do-myuran-sukumaran-and-andrew-chan-deserve-to-die-asks-maria-billias/story-fnk0b216-1227203113411

On January 28, 2015, The Daily Mail published a report titled 'No mercy: Derryn Hinch says Bali Nine drug smugglers SHOULD be executed and slams celebrities who star in video calling for them to be spared the firing squad as "hypocrites"'
The full text can be accessed at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928336/Derryn-Hinch-slams-celebrities-appear-video-calling-Bali-Nine-pair-spared-execution.html

On January 24, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled 'Does the death penalty deter drug smugglers?'
The report gives a detailed overview of the history of the case and gives background from Australia and Indonesia.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.smh.com.au/world/does-the-death-penalty-deter-drug-smugglers-20150123-12wby2.html

On January 18, 2015, The Courier Mail published a comment by Caroline Marcus titled 'The Bali Nine ringleaders traded in death by smuggling heroin and now must face the consequences'
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/opinion-the-bali-nine-ringleaders-traded-in-death-by-smuggling-heroin-and-now-must-face-the-consequences/story-fnihsr9v-1227188153470