“Australia recalled its ambassador to Indonesia after the execution of two nationals convicted of drug smuggling.
“The executions were condemned by Australia’s parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Minister, who called the killings an “abuse of state power” on Twitter.” – YT
“The Abbott government quietly scrapped an instruction to the Australian Federal Police last year requiring it to take Australia’s opposition to the death penalty into account when co-operating with overseas law enforcement agencies.
“In 2010, Labor’s then minister for home affairs, Brendan O’Connor, included Australia’s opposition to the death penalty in his official ministerial direction to the AFP. ”
Read more: SMH.com.au
