Title: Indonesia Executes Eight Drug Convicts

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/indonesia_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Indonesia Executes Eight Drug Convicts' data-article-id='309'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11188'>Indonesia has executed eight drug convicts, including several foreign nationals, despite strong opposition abroad.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='11188' data-end-time='22417'>The convicts included two Australian members of a heroin trafficking ring, a Brazilian national, and an Indonesian citizen.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='22417' data-end-time='36417'>Indonesian President Joko Widodo refused to reduce the severity of the convicts’ punishment, despite opposition and appeals from the international community. </span> <span data-start-time='36417' data-end-time='46042'>The president described the executions as necessary to control what he calls Indonesia’s “drug emergency.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='46042' data-end-time='56313'>Local media reports say a ninth convict, a woman from the Philippines, was to be executed, but suddenly was not. </span> <span data-start-time='56313' data-end-time='64146'>Officials say her execution was delayed because of a request from the Philippine president. </span> <span data-start-time='64146' data-end-time='74042'>The Filipina convict has been asked to testify in the trial of a person suspected of human trafficking in the Philippines.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/drug_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=1887 data-hint-location='22417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/what_does_severity_mean.m4a'>What does severity mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the condition of being serious'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/to_increase_the_force_power_or_amount.m4a'><span>to increase the force, power, or amount</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/to_support_a_cause.m4a'><span>to support a cause</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/to_relocate.m4a'><span>to relocate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/the_condition_of_being_serious.m4a'><span>the condition of being serious</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=1888 data-hint-location='11188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/which_is_not_one_of_the_countries_that_the_drug_traffickers_came_from.m4a'>Which is NOT one of the countries that the drug traffickers came from?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Egypt'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/indonesia.m4a'><span>Indonesia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/egypt.m4a'><span>Egypt</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/brazil.m4a'><span>Brazil</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/australia.m4a'><span>Australia</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=1889 data-hint-location='46042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/a_ninth_convict_a_woman_from_the__blank__was_not_executed.m4a'>A ninth convict, a woman from the <span class='blank'>Philippines</span> was not executed.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Philippines'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/dominican_republic.m4a'><span>Dominican Republic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/united_kingdom.m4a'><span>United Kingdom</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/philippines.m4a'><span>Philippines</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/united_states.m4a'><span>United States</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/76/indonesia_audio.m4a

Preview

Indonesia has executed eight drug convicts, including several foreign nationals, despite strong opposition abroad.

The convicts included two Australian members of a heroin trafficking ring, a Brazilian national, and an Indonesian citizen.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo refused to reduce the severity of the convicts’ punishment, despite opposition and appeals from the international community. The president described the executions as necessary to control what he calls Indonesia’s “drug emergency.”

Local media reports say a ninth convict, a woman from the Philippines, was to be executed, but suddenly was not. Officials say her execution was delayed because of a request from the Philippine president. The Filipina convict has been asked to testify in the trial of a person suspected of human trafficking in the Philippines.

Edit | Back