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(26 Apr 2015) The families of two Australians on death row for drug trafficking in Indonesia reacted on Sunday to the 72-hour notice given by the Indonesian government for their relatives' executions.
Indonesia notified nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking that their executions will be carried out within days, ignoring appeals by the U.N. chief and foreign leaders to spare them.
Australian heroin traffickers Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, were the ringleaders of a gang of nine Australians arrested in April 2005 while trying to smuggle more than 8 kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin from the resort island of Bali to Sydney.
The brothers of Chan and Sukumaran asked Indonesian President Joko Widodo to show mercy and spare the lives of their loved ones.
Some relatives visited on Sunday the Nusakambangan Island prison where the foreign convicts are detained ahead of their executions.
The 72-hour notice indicates the executions by firing squad in Besi prison on Nusakambangan Island will be carried out at the earliest on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The pending executions have caused an international outcry, particularly in Australia, France and the Philippines, which are opposed to the death penalty.

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