Drug dealers face shooting squad in Indonesia

Indonesia is set to execute more drug convicts this week, according to the country's Attorney General.

The office of Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo has not released details about this round of executions, but preparations are underway at the Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, West Java.

Human Rights Watch has called on President Joko Widodo, also known as "Jokowi," to commute the sentences of at least 14 inmates -- including a number of foreign nationals -- for drug trafficking."President Jokowi should acknowledge the death penalty's barbarity and avoid a potential diplomatic firestorm by sparing the lives of the 14 or more people facing imminent execution," said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement released Wednesday.

"Jokowi should also ban the death penalty for drug crimes, which international law prohibits, rather than giving the go-ahead for more multiple executions."

Amnesty International also issued a strong statement, saying the President "will be putting his government on the wrong side of history if he proceeds with a fresh round of executions."

According to the organization fourteen people will face the firing squad as early as this weekend, including Indonesians, a Pakistani, an Indian, a Zimbabwean, a Senegalese, a South African and five Nigerians.