2 Australians who are currently on death row in Indonesia for drug-related offences will still be executed as the Indonesian government has rejected their appeal.
BBC
reports that the Indonesian court has ruled that the 2 drug smugglers
sentenced to death cannot challenge the president's decision to refuse
them clemency.
The duo, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran
were the leaders of the "Bali Nine" group of heroin smugglers arrested
in 2005 and are scheduled to be executed by firing squad in Indonesia
soon.
The Australian government has campaigned hard for their sentences to be commuted while their supporters say they have reformed.
Chan and Sukumaran were appealing against an earlier ruling which had barred them from challenging Indonesian President Joko Widodo's rejection of their clemency pleas.
The
duo have taken several legal actions in the past to revoke their death
sentence but have met brick walls in all their attempts. But now it
appears they have exhausted all possible options, although their lawyer
has told reporters that they they would continue their legal effort.
Chan and Sukumaran are in a second group, of 10 foreign nationals, to be put to death.
They were arrested in Bali
in 2005 while attempting to smuggle heroin to Australia. A court ruled
that they had organised a nine-member smuggling operation and they were
sentenced to death in 2006.
Their family and
friends however say they are now reformed men as Chan teaches Bible and
cookery classes in prison while Sukumaran is an artist.