The latest executions came amid preparations for local elections this weekend, the first since the withdrawal of United States forces in 2011.
Mr Yudhoyono seemed a foreign-affairs heavyweight compared with Jokowi, a former mayor with no foreign-policy experience.Yet even before the latest executions (Mr Yudhoyono introduced a moratorium on capital punishment), Jokowi had signalled a break with the past.
Although the latest executions may deepen fear among the population, they will hardly restore legitimacy.Mr Lukashenka's support has fallen from 50% to just 20% since his re-election, according to independent polling.
Although the latest executions may instil more fear among would-be protesters, they cannot restore legitimacy.Mr Lukashenka's ratings have fallen from 50% to just 20% since his re-election, according to independent polling.
With the latest executions [that included Chan and Sukumaran] they wouldn't let us see because I had been a factual witness.
But, after the three latest executions, he said Lebanon needed a debate on the issue.
Lamenting the latest double execution on August 29th, one of the managers told Kyodo News that the fund had "expected the death penalty to be abolished in Japan" within the decade of its activism.
Although the latest reported execution of a senior North Korean official remains unconfirmed, there is no doubt that Kim has been eliminating the leadership ranks… The backstory of a Times report demonstrates that, for journalists in China, there is no more sensitive subject than the wealth of the leadership.
On Monday, aboard the campaign plane that brought him out to the West Coast to begin a week of campaigning that he knew would be dominated by the latest scheduled execution in Texas, Mr. Bush was more voluble on the death penalty than usual.
