Bali Nine: timeline of the convicted Australian drug smugglers' story
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Version 0 of 1. 2005 8-12 April: Australian Federal Police tip off Indonesian counterparts about the smuggling attempt and tell them to “take whatever action you deem necessary”. 17 April: Andrew Chan and four others arrested at Denpasar airport; Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence and Martin Stephens have 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies. Myuran Sukumaran, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman are arrested soon after in Kuta, preparing a second shipment. 22 April: Indonesian police say Andrew Chan was the “godfather” of the operation. 26 April: Two of the couriers say Chan threatened them with death if they refused to carry the drugs. Related: Bali Nine pair given 72 hours' notice of execution 27 April: Indonesian police say they have shot and killed the man they believe supplied the heroin, Nepalese citizen Mann Singh Gali. 27 Sept: Prosecutors confirm all nine Australians will be charged with possession and trafficking of heroin, carrying the death penalty. 29 Sept: Australian authorities say the AFP will stop co-operating with the Indonesian investigation given the possibility of firing squads. 7 Oct: Lawyers for Lawrence and Rush allege the AFP may have acted illegally by handing information to Indonesian authorities. 11 Oct: Trials of the Bali Nine begin. 2006 2 Jan: Prosecutors demand death sentence for Sukumaran. 26 Jan: Prosecutors demand Chan be sent to the firing squad as well; they ask for life sentences for six others, while Lawrence faces 20 years. 13 Feb: Lawrence and Rush sentenced to life. 14 Feb: Chan and Sukumaran sentenced to death by firing squad; Stephens and Czugaj get life in prison. 15 Feb: Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman sentenced to life in prison. 17 Feb: All but Rush appeal against their sentences. 26 April: Chan’s and Sukumaran’s appeals are rejected. 27 April: Sentences for Lawrence, Czugaj, Nguyen, Chen and Norman reduced to twenty years; life sentences for Rush and Stephens upheld. 6 Sept: Prosecutors win appeal against sentence reduction for Rush, Nguyen, Chen and Norman – they are also sentenced to death. Stephens’s life sentence upheld; Czugaj’s term increased again to life. 2007 30 Jan: Rush challenges his death sentence 23 April: Lawyers for Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman also file for a judicial review of their death sentences. 2008 March 6: Nguyen, Chen and Norman death sentences reduced to life in prison. Related: A decade after the Bali Nine arrests, it's time to kill the death penalty | Brigid Delaney 2010 13 April: Stephens requests judicial review; it is rejected 10 months later. 13 August: Chan and Sukumaran request judicial reviews. 26 August: Rush appears in court for his final appeal; AFP commissioner Mick Keelty testifies on his behalf. 2011 11 May: Rush’s death sentence reduced to life imprisonment. 17 June: Chan’s request for judicial review rejected. 7 July: Sukumaran’s request for judicial review rejected. 2012 13 May: Chan appeals for clemency from president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. 9 July: Sukumaran also appeals for presidential clemency. 2014 11 Dec: New president Joko Widodo makes it clear he will not grant clemency to drug traffickers. 2015 7 Jan: Sukumaran’s bid for presidential clemency rejected. 18 Jan: Six drug smugglers executed. 22 Jan: Chan also loses bid for clemency. 2 Feb: It is announced the two men will be among the next group to be executed. 4 Feb: Request for second judicial review rejected. 7 Feb: Indonesian government says the men will face the firing squad before end of month. 8 Feb: The men’s lawyer at their first trial alleges judges requested a bribe to reduce their sentence. 12 Feb: 150,000 signatures on a mercy petition asking for clemency handed to the men’s families; Australian foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop makes emotional plea in federal parliament for Indonesia to spare their lives. 24 Feb: Legal appeal fails when Jakarta court says it cannot examine the Indonesia president’s decision to deny clemency 3 March: Bali prosecutor Momock Bambang Samiarso says the pair will be transferred on 4 March to a penal island to await execution; Bishop calls her Indonesian counterpart. 4 March: Chan, Sukumaran transferred from Bali jail to Nusa Kambangan 5 March: Federal MPs hold dawn vigil outside Parliament House in Canberra; Australia protests release of photos showing smiling Denpasar police chief with Chan as he is flown to the island; Abbott asks Indonesia to “pull back”. Related: Executions and death sentence statistics worldwide: interactive 6 March: Joko rules out prisoner swap with Australia; Bishops asks Indonesia to “pause” while other options canvassed. 12 March: News leaks of Australia’s 3 March offer to cover costs of the mens’ life imprisonment. 16 March: Joko aide criticises the tone of Canberra’s lobbying efforts 23 March: Mens’ lawyers begin case in constitutional court in Bali to have death sentences overturned. 1 April: Amnesty report criticises Indonesia’s death penalty for drug smugglers. 21 April: Joko Widodo restates commitment to execute the men, saying “it’s only a matter of time”; Indonesian supreme court rejects appeal by Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, on death row for drug offences and due to be executed with Chan and Sukumaran. 22 April: Indonesian supreme court rejects appeal by Ghanaian Martin Anderson, on death row with the Australian pair. 24 April: Embassies representing prisoners on death row summoned to meeting at Cilicap, near the island prison; Chan’s and Sukumaran’s lawyer Peter Morrissey says it’s an “ominous” sign. 26 April: Lawyers say Chan and Sukumaran have been given 72 hours’ notice of execution. 29 April: Chan and Sukumaran among eight people executed for drug offences. 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