Bali Nine pair's final chance
Lawyers for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will return to court on Thursday with their most urgent appeal yet, as the Australians on Indonesia's execution island wait for a breakthrough.
Two weeks ago the State Administrative Court dismissed the lawyers' case that President Joko Widodo failed to assess the pair's rehabilitation or give reasons for rejecting their clemency.
The court threw out the case on the grounds it didn't have the authority to hear a case against a presidential decree.
Australian death-row prisoners Myuran Sukumaran, right and Andrew Chan, left, stand in front of their cell. Source: AAP
Lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis immediately indicated he would appeal for his Bali Nine clients, who have since been moved closer to the location where Indonesia plans to execute them for drug smuggling.
The pair are in quarantine conditions on Nusakambangan island, a far cry from Kerobokan jail where they became leaders in rehabilitation projects for other inmates in the years since their 2005 arrest.
Their lawyers argue this evidence of rehabilitation deserves to be considered before any decision to send them to the firing squad.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are preparing to leave their Bali jail for Java's execution island: Photo: AAP
Chan and Sukumaran on Wednesday received their second family visit on Nusakambangan, with Chan seeing his fiancee Feby for the first time since she was turned away during their transfer from the jail in Bali last Wednesday.
Their Sydney families remain in the nearest port of Cilacap, still with no idea when the executions might happen.
Jakarta has indicated it's waiting for the legal appeals of some of the 10 prisoners ready for execution to be exhausted.
Chan, Sukumaran and six others are on Nusakambangan.
French prisoner Serge Areski Atlaoui was taken off the island for a court appeal on Wednesday, when his case was adjourned until March 25.
A tenth inmate, Filipino Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, is yet to be moved to "Indonesia's Alcatraz" and Jakarta says it expects a Supreme Court decision on her judicial review this week.
Suhendro Putro prepared coffins and bodies from executions at Nusakambang in January. Photo: AAP
It's uncertain whether Jakarta will wait for all cases to be resolved before the executions.
The prisoners must get at least 72 hours' notice before the firing squad.
