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International leaders condemn Indonesian executions

International leaders have spoken out to condemn the execution of eight drug convicts in Indonesia.

Political leaders in Australia and Brazil have threatened to cut ties with the country, while UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has voiced "deep regret", saying the death penalty had "no place" in the 21st century.

Indonesia has confirmed the convicts - including the two Australian ringleaders of a smuggling group known as the 'Bali Nine' - were executed by a firing squad while one, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso from the Philippines, was spared.

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Indonesia delays execution after 'recruiter surrenders'

Officers take death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso to judicial review in March Credit: Reuters

The execution of a Filipina drug convict by an Indonesian firing squad was delayed at the last minute after one of her recruiters surrendered to police in the Philippines.

The attorney general's office confirmed that the execution of Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, the only female convict in the 'Bali Nine', had been postponed.

The execution of Mary Jane (Veloso) has been postponed because there was a request from the Philippine president related to a perpetrator suspected of human trafficking who surrendered herself in the Philippines. Mary Jane has been asked to testify.

– Tony Spontana, spokesman for the Attorney General

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