Virus-hit Indonesia orders death by Zoom


Students protest the death penalty for a Filipina drug convict facing execution in Indonesia, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, in Manila on September 13, 2016. There are nearly 500 people, including scores of foreigners, awaiting execution in Indonesia, where condemned prisoners are marched to a jungle clearing, tied to a stake and shot. – AFP pic, April 23, 2021.

INDONESIA has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an “inhumane” insult to those facing the firing squad.

The Southeast Asian nation turned to virtual court hearings as Covid-19 restrictions shut down most in-person trials, including murder and drug trafficking cases, which can carry the death penalty.


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