Schapelle's home but 170 Aussies still in jail over drug crimes

As Schapelle Corby’s Bali nightmare finally draws to a close, more than 170 Australians remain imprisoned overseas for drug crimes.

Nearly one third of the 545 Australians facing charges in different countries were arrested for alleged drug crimes.

While Corby is undoubtedly the highest profile case of them all, since 1980, 92 Australians have faced the death penalty, like she once did.

Among them are the remaining members of the infamous Bali nine.

It’s been two years since ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by a firing squad for their role in attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2015.

The other Bali Nine members: Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, and Martin Stephens were sent to prison, with six of them facing life sentences.

The latest report on the death penalty released by Amnesty International highlighted that as many as 17 Australians are currently on death row in southern China alone.

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"China keeps its grotesque use of the death penalty a 'state secret', but our research shows that thousands of people are sentenced to death and executed each year," said Amnesty International Australia's Rose Kulak.

"China executes more people than all other countries in the world put together."
The figures showed that in 2016 alone, at least 1032 people were executed worldwide, before China’s count was even added.

"DFAT has long provided clear and consistent messaging to Australians that they must respect the laws of the countries in which they work, live or travel," a departmental spokesperson said.