article_snippet.sent: Why executions won't win Indonesia's drug war .
article_snippet.sent: I again respectfully call on the President of Indonesia to reconsider the President of Indonesia refusal to grant clemency.
article_snippet.sent: It is not too late for a change of heart.
article_snippet.sent: On Saturday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Indonesia's government to reverse Indonesia's government .
article_snippet.sent: The Secretary-General appeals to the government of Indonesia to refrain from carrying out the execution, as announced, of 10 prisoners on death row for alleged drug-related crimes," a spokesman for Ban said, according to various reports.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says President Widodo "has an important opportunity to signal Indonesia's rejection of the death penalty by sparing the lives of the 10 people facing looming execution.
article_snippet.sent: "President Widodo can demonstrate true leadership by ending capital punishment as unacceptable state brutality," said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement Saturday.
article_snippet.sent: President Widodo should recognize that the death penalty is not a crime deterrent but an unjustifiable and barbaric punishment.
article_snippet.sent: President Widodo should promote Indonesia as a rights-respecting democracy by joining the countries that have abolished capital punishment.