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The group of eight prisoners, including members of the Bali nine, have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia. They have become the latest victims in the unwinnable "war on drugs."
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran (Australia), Rodrigo Gularte (Brazil), Martin Anderson (Nigeria/Ghana), Raheem Agbaje Salami (Nigeria), Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise (Nigeria), Okwudili Oyatanze (Nigeria), Zainal Abidin bin Mgs Mahmud Badarudin (Indonesia) were executed just after 12.30 am local time on 29 April.
The group was shot by a 13-member firing squad while singing ‘Bless the Lord O My Soul’.
Amnesty International has issued a strong statement on the executions of the group, following its lengthy campaign to halt their deaths.
Crosses for condemned drug convicts (from L-R) Australians Andrew Chan (L) and Myuran Sukumaran (C), and Nigerian Okwudili Oyatanze (AFP/Getty Images)
People attend a vigil for the prisoners in Indonesia at Martin Place (Getty Images)
An activist holds candles near portraits of the 'Bali Nine' in Jakarta, Indonesia (AP)
A police unit believed to be the execution team for death-row prisoners, heading to Nusakambangan Island (EPA)
Brintha Sukumaran, the sister of Myuran Sukumaran, cries during her final visit to see him in prison on 28 April (AP)
Michael Chan, brother of Australian drug convict and death row prisoner Andrew Chan, arrives at Nusakambangan Island (AFP/Getty Images)
The back of a painting by Australian death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran is shown, signed by the eight other condemned people (EPA)
A lawyer carries a painting by Myuran Sukumaran at Wijayapura port in Cilacap (Getty Images)
People at a vigil in Sydne against the execution of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran (Amnesty International/Sitthixay Ditthavong.)
Activists hold a banner during a protest in front of the Indonesian embassy in Manila (AFP/Getty Images)
The lawyer for Australian death row inmates Myuran Sukumaran carries a painting after visiting Indonesia's Nusakambangan Island (AFP/Getty Images)
A lawyer carries a self-portrait drawn by Myuran Sukumaran after visiting the prison island of Nusakambangan on 27 April (AP)
A woman places a tribute on a flower wall that reads '#keephopealive' as part of an Amnesty international vigil for the Bali 9
Chintu Sukumaran (L), brother of Myuran Sukumaran, stands next to Michael Chan, brother of Andrew Chan in Indonesia (Reuters)
Indonesian soldiers stand as guard at Wijayapura port near the prison island of Nusa Kambangan (Reuters)
Raji Sukumaran (R) and Brintha Sukumaran (L) family members of death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran cries as they talks to media after visiting Myuran at Kerobokan Prison in Bali (EPA/MADE NAGI)
Halen Chan, the mother of death-row prisoner Andrew Chan, wipes away tears during a press conference in Jakarta (EPA/MAST IRHAM)
Indonesian police stand guard as the Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran arrive at Wijaya Pura Port (Getty)
Myuran Sukumaran (EPA)
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran behind the bars
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