( CNN ) Nine of ten mostly foreign prisoners on death row in Indonesia have been given 72 hours notice ahead of their execution , according to a spokesperson for the Attorney General 's office . `` Seventy-two hours notification means three days , at least , to go to the execution . It may be longer . In other words , there will be no execution less than 72 hours after notification , '' Tony Spontana told CNN by phone Sunday . Though Indonesian officials said all 10 would be executed at the same time , Spontana said French national Serge Atlaoui had filed a challenge to the State Administrative Court on Thursday so his sentence has been delayed . Meanwhile , Edre Olalia , a lawyer acting for Philippines maid Mary Jane Veloso , told CNN Sunday that Veloso had telephoned her sister on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m. local time and said her execution will take place on Tuesday , April 28 . Officials at the Philippines Embassy in Jakarta confirmed the same information . According to her lawyers , Veloso unknowingly carried drugs into Indonesia , and that she was set up by members of a drug syndicate . On Friday , Indonesian officials advised relevant consular officials to travel to Indonesia 's `` execution island '' -- Nusa Kambangan -- where the ten are being held -- a sign that the sentences may be carried out soon . They will face a firing squad . OPINION : Why executions wo n't win Indonesia 's drug war . The ten on death row , which also include two Australian citizens Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran -- members of the so-called `` Bali Nine '' smuggling ring -- as well as prisoners from Ghana , Brazil , Nigeria and Indonesia , had their petitions for clemency denied by President Joko Widodo in late 2014 . A statement Sunday from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the Australian government had been notified that the execution of Chan and Sukumaran would be carried out `` imminently . '' `` I spoke to Mr. Sukumaran 's mother Raji yesterday and assured her the government would continue to seek clemency from Indonesian President Widodo for both men . `` They have been rehabilitated in a most remarkable way over the past ten years and are genuinely remorseful for their serious crimes . `` Nothing can be gained and much will be lost if these two young Australians are executed . `` I again respectfully call on the President of Indonesia to reconsider his refusal to grant clemency . It is not too late for a change of heart . '' The two Australians , convicted for their role in a failed 2005 heroin smuggling plot , tried to challenge the President 's decision earlier this month but lost an appeal for the State Administrative Court to hear their case . Their lawyers have since filed another review at the Constitutional Court . The Attorney General 's office has said they would respect all ongoing court proceedings but insisted the inmates have exhausted all their legal options . Australia has repeatedly appealed for clemency for the pair and has unsuccessfully proposed a prisoner swap with Indonesia as a way of avoiding their deaths . On Saturday , United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Indonesia 's government to reverse their decision . `` 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 . 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 . '' `` 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 . `` President Widodo should recognize that the death penalty is not a crime deterrent but an unjustifiable and barbaric punishment . Widodo should promote Indonesia as a rights-respecting democracy by joining the countries that have abolished capital punishment . ''
Australian and Philippines governments given notice their nationals will be executed in 72 hours . They include Philippines maid Myuran Sukumaran and Australians Andrew Chan and Mary Jane Velos . Australia has repeatedly appealed for clemency for the pair .