A Filipina woman who had been on death row in Indonesia, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, arrived home early Wednesday after longstanding requests from her home country.

Protest groups stage a prayer rally in Pasay, Philippines for Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino who was sentenced to death for smuggling heroin into Indonesia, on September 6, 2022.

A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was almost executed by firing squad has returned home, where she now awaits a potential pardon in a women’s prison. Mary Jane ...

Mary Jane Veloso, center, a Filipina who was on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, smiles as she arrives at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for her ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a few feet away from her ...

Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid stated that the repatriation of Mary Jane should be a turning point towards the abolition of the death penalty. “Although Indonesia has ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia--Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a few feet away from her isolation cell ...

The implementation of the death penalty and its execution in Indonesia have been criticized by many parties, especially regarding the justification for applying the death penalty, as “it ...

Mary Jane Veloso was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 carrying a suitcase lined with 2.6 kg of heroin and was due to face the firing squad in 2015 but had a last-minute reprieve. (EPA Images pic ...

A Filipina woman who had been on death row in Indonesia, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, arrived home early Wednesday after longstanding requests from her home country.