'Bali Nine' pair among eight executed for drug offences in Indonesia

Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumuran among eight executed as high-level campaign for clemency failed to sway Indonesian president

 Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, Filipina Mary Jane Veloso and Nigerian Martin Anderson. Bottom row from left: Nigerians Raheem Agbaje Salami, Silvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, and Frenchman Serge Atlaoui. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images

Michael Safi in Sydney and Dina Indrasafi in Cilicap-Tuesday 28 April 2015

The Indonesian government has executed eight people for drug offences, including two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumuran, who were the subject of a years-long campaign for clemency.

The development marks the end of years of campaigning to spare the men, who were sentenced to death in 2006 for their part in the “Bali Nine” heroin-smuggling ring.

'Bali Nine' Pair Among Eight Executed for Drug Offences in Indonesia by Thavam Ratna