La loi indonésienne de tolérance zéro en matière de drogues laisse des centaines de personnes dans le couloir de la mort

L'approche de la « tolérance zéro » dirige la violence contre les communautés pauvres et marginalisées, en négligeant totalement les véritables défis d'une économie informelle en pleine expansion. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By Asmin Fransiska / The Jakarta Post

Indonesia’s war on drugs has been a feature of the country’s heavy-handed criminal justice system. Over half of Indonesia’s 404 death row inmates are facing execution for drug-related charges, making it — alongside countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia — one of the most dangerous countries in the world to possess or sell drugs. And the crackdown has recently gained strength: of Indonesia’s 94 death sentences recorded since the start of the pandemic, 80 were for drug-related offences (seven of whom were foreign nationals).

Support for the ‘zero tolerance’ approach is partly based on the idea that Indonesia’s laws promote deterrence. However the data tell a different story. Since the most recent execution of a convicted drug offender in April 2016, prosecution for drug trafficking in Indonesia has kept rising. This suggests that the movement of drugs into Indonesia hasn’t slowed, despite a long and concentrated effort from authorities.

This failure has many culprits: corrupt bureaucracy within law enforcement, cultural issues within the legal field (such as tolerance of bribery), and socio-economic factors that see the poor, marginalised and victims of other crimes over-represented in the drug trade.

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This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Indonesia’s zero tolerance drug laws leave hundreds on death row - Academia - The Jakarta Post". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2022/08/31/indonesias-zero-tolerance-drug-laws-leave-hundreds-on-death-row.html.


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