Video: Indonesia Executes Four Drug Traffickers Amid International Appeals

Indonesia executed four convicted drug offenders by firing squad early Friday, the country's deputy attorney general said.

Noor Rachmad told reporters outside the Nusakambangan prison in central Java that authorities have not decided when 10 other prisoners are set to be executed.

"It was not a pleasant thing to do but it was to implement the law," he told reporters.

"The executions are... aimed at stopping drug crimes."

Two Nigerians, one Senegalese and one Indonesian man were executed, the attorney general's office confirmed. Petitions to review their cases had been denied.

One of the Nigerians was Humphrey Jefferson Ejike, who was unjustly killed, according to his legal team.

"At this stage, we can only say that we are extremely disappointed with the fact that Jeff was executed," said Raynov Tumorang by text message. "The government does not respect the ongoing legal process on Jeff's case."

"There is strong evidence of torture and he was not given a fair trial. Racism towards our client can be seen in the court decision."

Cheikh Niang, Senegal's ambassador to Japan, who also oversees Indonesia, told CNN that the executed Senegalese prisoner was in fact from Nigeria but had traveled to Indonesia on a fake passport.

He said he visited the prisoner on March 15 and informed the Indonesian authorities.

Indonesia is one of 33 countries worldwide that use the death penalty for drug offenses.

Cries for end to more executions

Amnesty International said the 10 people still facing the death penalty include more Indonesians, a Pakistani, an Indian, a Zimbabwean, a South African and three Nigerians. Amnesty called the executions violations of Indonesian and international law.

Maryam Haq, the legal director of Justice Project in Pakistan, told CNN that a petition for clemency for Zulfikar Ali, the Pakistani man on death row, had been filed Friday.

"Any executions that are still to take place must be halted immediately. The injustice already done cannot be reversed, but there is still hope that it won't be compounded," said Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International's director for South East Asia and the Pacific.

Before the executions took place, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir stressed that capital punishment wasn't against international law.

"For Indonesia, the death penalty is a positive law that is still effective here, and it's not against human rights under the context of the 1945 constitution," he said.

"The action that Indonesia takes now is just about law implementation and enforcement. Just like how Indonesia respects the law of other nations, we hope all countries will respect Indonesian law."