No Brits involved so I guess not a lot of interest, but we do have a woman on a death row in Indonesia so things may change.Sad but these people do know the stakes.

As it happens yes. Anyone caught trafficking drugs in countries where they know there is a chance they are going to get sentenced to death have little sympathy from me, but I digress Legal. My main point was that there has been little news or condemnation from the usual suspects (scuse pun)because this has been carried out in the Far East. The same can be said for executions in North Korea, Saudi Arabia Et al

Pro USA & Israel

Whilst I'm oppossed to the death penalty I think we should be far more concerned about the hundreds of thousands of people addicted to heroin & cocaine rather than worrying about how their dealers are being dealt with.

And I see signs of half remembered days, I hear bells that chime in strange familiar ways

Where in lies the problem, they don't. At least one of the people sentenced to die has had a last minute reprieve on the basis of evidence corroborating the fact she wasn't aware she was carrying the heroin. Another of the individuals executed suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Generally, when you see countries that have 'very strict' drug laws, those laws generally serve to 'protect' the business from outside competition (In Thailand, the military is effectively at war in the northern region to protect its 'dominance' over the drug trade). Typically those 'punished' are really offered up to show the governments take it seriously.

However for all the crackdowns in the world, the tide of heroin from these countries has never diminished nor the profits which effectively continue to flow into the hands of those in positions of power and authority.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Exactly.

People that deal in drugs have no welfare concerns for those addicted to their poison.... why should we be concerned that they have died?

Hopefully it will be a deterrent to others although I somehow doubt it.

More scum off our streets.

Problem with these countries, guilt is often determined by the same people being paid off by the primary drug traffickers. Their 'hardline' really is about protecting the monopoly of the trade, rather than any kind of justice, and frequently their trials involve questionable evidence, forced confessions and limited 'view of what constitutes' guilt. Trials can often be a farce of justice as well, along with the appeals process, and then the whole thing is generally utilized to serve political ambitions.

Reasonable doubt, for example, is rarely a consideration.

And of course usually they're the middle men, between the exporters and the importers. Often 'given up' to make it look like the country is 'doing its bit' - ie expendable costs of doing business. A variation on the Colombian 'Sacrifical Mule' (where in you send two mules on the same flight, and sacrifice one so as to reduce the risk to the primary mule).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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