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INDONESIA: FOREIGN CRITICISM OF EXECUTION
//INDONESIA'S RECENT EXECUTIONORMER COMMUNIST PARTY ACTIVIST--SENTENCEO TO DEATHAS PROMPTED SHARP INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM. SOVIEI MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT STATEMENTSLQnHD JAKARTA'S DISREGARD INTERNAT IONAI. nPFF.il.? FOR CL6WENCV. ILO. AUSTRALIAN. AND DUTCH OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED SIMILAR CONCERN. EVEN SO, INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE INDICATED THEIR INTENT TO CARRY OUT THE PENDING DEATH SENTENCES OF THREE OTHER CONVICTED COMMUNISTS.//
ROCEEDING WITH THE EXECUTION AFTEREFLECTION OF JAKARTA'S PROTRACTED JUDICIAL PROCESS--IS ALMOST CERTAINLY INTENDED TO REAFFIRM THAT ACTIONS LIKE THE RECENT OPENINGS
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BILATERAL RELATIONS.//
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