I hate it that the men are given notification that they have 72 hours to live on ANZAC day. It's ironical.
On Anzac day, we commemorate young men going to their slaughter at Gallipolli. These 2 men are going to their slaughter in 72 hours.
Australian lawyer Julian McMahon with three self-portraits by Sukumaran: "The 72 hours just started", "Strange Day" and "Our new prints: A bad sleep last night". Photo: Amilia Rosa
http://www.theage.com.au/world/countdown-to-death-bali-pair-given-final-notice-20150425-1mt4eo.html
Jakarta: Bali nine organisers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran may have just three days left to live after they were officially given 72 hours notification of their executions on Saturday.
The condemned men are bracing to be killed on Tuesday night however Attorney-General spokesman Tony Spontana said no date had been set and they may have longer.
Their Australian lawyer Julian McMahon returned from Nusakambangan, where the men will be executed, with three self-portraits painted by Sukumaran. One painting, still wet and dated April 25, carried the haunting inscription: "The 72 hours just started". The second dated April 24 was called "Strange Day". And the third, also dated April 25, said: "Our new prints: A bad sleep last night".
Under Indonesian law the earliest a prisoner can be executed once they receive official notification is in 72 hours time.
The Attorney-General's office has indicated it is waiting on Monday's Supreme Court decision on Indonesian marijuana trafficker Zainal Abidin before setting a date.
The men's devastated families, who are scrambling to get to Cilacap, will now be allowed to visit the men every day in their isolation cells on Nusakambangan before they are shot by a 12 man firing squad.
Indonesian authorities today advised Australian consular officials that the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be scheduled imminently at Nusa Kambangan prison in central Java.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said nothing can be gained and much will be lost if the Australians are executed.
"Legal challenges remain before the Constitutional Court and Judicial Commission, which raise fundamental questions about the integrity of their sentencing and the clemency process. These claims should be heard.," she said.
Ms Bishop said she had spoken to Sukumaran's mother Raji on Friday and assured her the government would continue to seek clemency from Indonesian President Joko Widodo for both men.
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However the execution of the remaining nine drug felons is likely to occur within days.
Local undertaker Suhendro Putro told Fairfax Media police had asked him on Friday to prepare coffins but had not given him an indication of how many.
In yet another ominous portent, all of the felons except Atlaoui have been transferred to isolation cells in the high security Besi prison on Nusakambangan ahead of the executions.
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