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Frenchman given conditional release after years on death row in Indonesia

Serge Atlaoui, centre, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia, on 4 February, 2025, ahead of his return to France. © AP/Tatan Syuflana

Serge Atlaoui – a Frenchman who spent almost two decades on death row in Indonesia over drug offences before being returned to France – has been granted a conditional release, prosecutors have announced.

Atlaoui, a 61-year-old welder from Metz in the east of France, was flown back to France in February after being on death row in Indonesia since 2007.

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