The authorities in Indonesia have revealed that Serge Atlaoui will not be executed during Ramadan.<br /><br /> No actual date has been set for the French national’s death sentence by firing squad to be carried out. The Muslim holy month, however, ends in mid-July.<br /><br /> “Serge Atlaoui is now back on the list for execution,” said Tony Spontana, the spokesperson for Indonesia’s Attorney General, “but I can confirm no executions will take place in the near future and definitely not in the month of Ramadan.<br /><br /> Arrested at what local media called “the ecstasy pills factory” in 2005, in 2007, the married father-of-four was convicted of drug trafficking offences.<br /><br /> He was due to face the firing squad in April along with the other convicts but was given a last-minute reprieve pending his legal appeal. This has now been rejected.<br /><br /> The French government is staunchly against the death penalty and has warned of diplomatic consequences. Sources say only a political intervention can save Atlaoui now.
