Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Tony Abbott: "Australia deeply, deeply regrets these executions in Indonesia" 
 
 Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling. 
 
 Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among eight people from several countries executed by firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday on the prison island of Nusakambangan. 
 
 Brazil's government also expressed its "deep dismay" at the execution of one of its citizens, Rodrigo Gularte. 
 
 But the execution of a Philippine woman was called off at the last minute. 
 
 Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was spared after Philippines officials said a woman she had accused of planting drugs on her was in police custody. 
 
 How was Mary Jane Veloso spared? 
 
 The families of the condemned prisoners paid them final, emotional visits on Tuesday afternoon before the sentences were carried out. 
 
 All eight refused offers of blindfolds and were singing together in their final moments, a pastor present at the execution told the Sydney Morning Herald. 
 
 Hours after the executions, ambulances left the prison island, taking the prisoners' bodies to their chosen funeral sites in Indonesia or their home countries. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to death in 2006 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption Australia said Sukumaran and Chan were reformed characters - Sukumaran painted while in prison, creating this self portrait 
 
 Australia had mounted a lengthy diplomatic campaign to save Chan and Sukumaran, convicted in 2006 of being the ringleaders of a group of Australian heroin traffickers known as the Bali Nine. 
 
 Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday that the executions were "cruel and unnecessary", adding that Chan and Sukumaran had been "fully rehabilitated" while in prison. 
 
 "We respect Indonesia's sovereignty but we do deplore what's been done and this cannot be simply business as usual," he said. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Footage shows ambulances carrying coffins and candlelit vigils held by activists 
 
 This is the first time Australia has recalled an ambassador from Indonesia, and its first-ever recall over the execution of one of its citizens abroad. 
 
 Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo defended the executions, saying his country was fighting a "war" on drugs. 
 
 Indonesia is an important country to Australia, the BBC's Jon Donnison says, with the two working closely together on asylum seekers and terrorism issues. 
 
 Analysis: Karishma Vaswani, BBC Indonesia editor 
 
 Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, has publicly declared a war on drugs and said he will refuse all clemency applications from convicted drug traffickers - a stance that could prove legally problematic given that the very point of a presidential clemency is to evaluate each individual on a case-by-case basis. 
 
 But that will be little comfort to the families of the eight people who were executed. 
 
 Indonesia risks souring relations with other nations over its hardline approach, as it has already with Australia, home of two of the smugglers. But Indonesia's new president appears willing to take the risk, even if it means tarnishing his own reputation as a liberal, reform-minded leader. 
 
 Joko Widodo stands firm 
 
 Viewpoints: Are Australia-Indonesia ties at risk? 
 
 Brazil's government later issued a statement saying the execution of Gularte marked "a serious event in the relations between the two countries". 
 
 Gularte's family had said he had schizophrenia and should not have been on death row. 
 
 Gularte was the second Brazilian to be executed for drug smuggling in Indonesia in four months. Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira was killed by firing squad at Nusakambangan in January, prompting Brazil to recall its ambassador. 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some of those executed have already been buried 
 
 British drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford, who is on death row in Indonesia, called the execution of fellow inmates "senseless and brutal". Her lawyer said she could be among the next to be executed. 
 
 But there was delight on Monday for the family of Philippine woman Veloso, after her execution was called off at the last minute following a request by the Philippine president. 
 
 Her mother described the reprieve as a "miracle". 
 
 "We are so happy, I can't believe it. I can't believe my child will live," Celia Veloso told Philippine radio station DZMM. 
 
 Sonny Coloma, a spokesman for the Philippine president, told the BBC he was "relieved and thankful" but stressed "the death sentence on her has not been lifted". 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Veloso's family celebrated the news of her reprieve in Cilacap, close to the prison 
 
 Who were the executed prisoners? 
 
 Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan 
 
 Ghanaian Martin Anderson 
 
 Indonesian Zainal Abidin bin Mgs Mahmud Badarudin 
 
 Nigerians Raheem Agbaje Salami, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Okwudili Oyatanze 
 
 Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte 
 
 Frenchman Serge Areski Atlaoui and Filipina Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso were spared as they have ongoing appeals 
 
 Jon Donnison: Double standards over Bali Nine 
 
 A Frenchman also convicted of drug offences, Serge Areski Atlaoui, was originally due to be executed with the group but has an appeal outstanding. 
 
 The French government said it "reiterates its opposition to the death sentence, in all cases and all circumstances". 
 
 Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013. 
 
 It says it takes a hard line because of the country's own drugs problem - 33 Indonesians die every day as a result of drugs, according to Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency. ||||| Media caption Myuran Sukumaran's mother: "Call off the execution, please don't kill my son" 
 
 A group of prisoners due to be executed for drugs offences in Indonesia have spent what are believed to be their final moments with their families. 
 
 Relatives of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were visibly distressed. Sukumaran's sister collapsed and had to be carried. 
 
 Chan, Sukumaran and seven others are expected to be executed by firing squad as early as Tuesday night local time. 
 
 A French national still has his appeal under review. 
 
 Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, but Jakarta has justified this due to the country's own drugs problem - 33 Indonesians die every day as a result of drugs, according to Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency. 
 
 Australian media reported that families of Chan and Sukumaran were given about five hours to say their goodbyes, and that the men had been denied their own choice of spiritual adviser in their final hours, instead being given Christian guides nominated by the authorities. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Andrew Chan's mother Helen (right) broke down in tears as she arrived on Nusakambangan island 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The cousin of Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte following her meeting with him 
 
 After the meeting, the brothers of the Australians made an appeal via the media for final clemency, with Michael Chan describing the goodbye as "torture". 
 
 "I saw today something that no other family should ever have to go through. To walk out of there and say goodbye for the last time, it is torture. No family should go through that." 
 
 Chintu Sukumaran said: "There were so many things to talk about. We did talk about the death penalty and he knows this is just a waste... I ask the president [of Indonesia] to please show mercy, please don't let my mum and my sister have to bury my brother." 
 
 The relatives of Philippines convict Mary Jane Veloso were each given a blessing by a Filipino priest as they arrived at the prison on Nusakambangan Island, AFP reported. 
 
 "The family was so silent. It's really very sad. We see a kind of deep pain," he told the agency. 
 
 The nine prisoners, who also include three Nigerians, a Brazilian and a Ghanaian, were formally notified on Saturday that they would be executed. Under Indonesian law, criminals must be given 72 hours notice, which means that they can be killed as early as Tuesday night local time (Tuesday afternoon GMT). 
 
 Media caption The BBC looks at the prison which has been called 'the Alcatraz of Indonesia', where condemned prisoners are executed by firing squad 
 
 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop earlier urged Indonesia to delay the execution of its two nationals until a corruption investigation into their case was complete. 
 
 'No legal standing' 
 
 But Indonesia's attorney general later confirmed that the nine death row convicts would be executed as planned. 
 
 Attorney General HM Prasetyo told the BBC a judicial review "could not amend [a] previous court ruling" and that "foreigners do not have any legal standing for a judicial review on the Constitutional Court". 
 
 Claims that the Indonesian judges in the trial had asked for bribes for lighter sentences first surfaced earlier this year. 
 
 One of the judges involved in the case denied there had been political interference or negotiations about bribes. 
 
 "I can assure you there was none," the judge told Fairfax Media. "We protected ourselves from everybody. It was purely our decision." 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to death in 2006 
 
 Who is facing execution? 
 
 Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan 
 
 Filipina Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso 
 
 Frenchman Serge Areski Atlaoui 
 
 Ghanaian Martin Anderson 
 
 Indonesian Zainal Abidin bin Mgs Mahmud Badarudin 
 
 Nigerians Raheem Agbaje Salami, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Okwudili Oyatanze 
 
 Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte 
 
 The head of Europe's 47-nation human rights organisation, the Council of Europe, also issued a statement on Tuesday calling on Indonesia to call off the execution. 
 
 "The death penalty is a terrible injustice which can never be put right," said Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland. 
 
 Chan and Sukumaran, along with seven other Australians, were arrested in Bali in 2005 for trying to smuggle more than 18lb (8.2kg) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia. 
 
 The pair were later found to be the ringleaders of the group and sentenced to death. The other seven members of the "Bali Nine" are currently serving either life or 20 years in prison. 
 
 Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013. ||||| Media caption Tony Abbott: "Australia deeply, deeply regrets these executions in Indonesia" 
 
 Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling. 
 
 Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among eight people from several countries executed by firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday on the prison island of Nusakambangan. 
 
 Brazil's government also expressed its "deep dismay" at the execution of one of its citizens, Rodrigo Gularte. 
 
 But the execution of a Philippine woman was called off at the last minute. 
 
 Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was spared after Philippines officials said a woman she had accused of planting drugs on her was in police custody. 
 
 How was Mary Jane Veloso spared? 
 
 The families of the condemned prisoners paid them final, emotional visits on Tuesday afternoon before the sentences were carried out. 
 
 All eight refused offers of blindfolds and were singing together in their final moments, a pastor present at the execution told the Sydney Morning Herald. 
 
 Hours after the executions, ambulances left the prison island, taking the prisoners' bodies to their chosen funeral sites in Indonesia or their home countries. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to death in 2006 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption Australia said Sukumaran and Chan were reformed characters - Sukumaran painted while in prison, creating this self portrait 
 
 Australia had mounted a lengthy diplomatic campaign to save Chan and Sukumaran, convicted in 2006 of being the ringleaders of a group of Australian heroin traffickers known as the Bali Nine. 
 
 Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday that the executions were "cruel and unnecessary", adding that Chan and Sukumaran had been "fully rehabilitated" while in prison. 
 
 "We respect Indonesia's sovereignty but we do deplore what's been done and this cannot be simply business as usual," he said. 
 
 Media caption Footage shows ambulances carrying coffins and candlelit vigils held by activists 
 
 This is the first time Australia has recalled an ambassador from Indonesia, and its first-ever recall over the execution of one of its citizens abroad. 
 
 Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo defended the executions, saying his country was fighting a "war" on drugs. 
 
 Indonesia is an important country to Australia, the BBC's Jon Donnison says, with the two working closely together on asylum seekers and terrorism issues. 
 
 Analysis: Karishma Vaswani, BBC Indonesia editor 
 
 Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, has publicly declared a war on drugs and said he will refuse all clemency applications from convicted drug traffickers - a stance that could prove legally problematic given that the very point of a presidential clemency is to evaluate each individual on a case-by-case basis. 
 
 But that will be little comfort to the families of the eight people who were executed. 
 
 Indonesia risks souring relations with other nations over its hardline approach, as it has already with Australia, home of two of the smugglers. But Indonesia's new president appears willing to take the risk, even if it means tarnishing his own reputation as a liberal, reform-minded leader. 
 
 Joko Widodo stands firm 
 
 Viewpoints: Are Australia-Indonesia ties at risk? 
 
 Brazil's government later issued a statement saying the execution of Gularte marked "a serious event in the relations between the two countries". 
 
 Gularte's family had said he had schizophrenia and should not have been on death row. 
 
 Gularte was the second Brazilian to be executed for drug smuggling in Indonesia in four months. Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira was killed by firing squad at Nusakambangan in January, prompting Brazil to recall its ambassador. 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some of those executed have already been buried 
 
 British drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford, who is on death row in Indonesia, called the execution of fellow inmates "senseless and brutal". Her lawyer said she could be among the next to be executed. 
 
 But there was delight on Monday for the family of Philippine woman Veloso, after her execution was called off at the last minute following a request by the Philippine president. 
 
 Her mother described the reprieve as a "miracle". 
 
 "We are so happy, I can't believe it. I can't believe my child will live," Celia Veloso told Philippine radio station DZMM. 
 
 Sonny Coloma, a spokesman for the Philippine president, told the BBC he was "relieved and thankful" but stressed "the death sentence on her has not been lifted". 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Veloso's family celebrated the news of her reprieve in Cilacap, close to the prison 
 
 Who were the executed prisoners? 
 
 Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan 
 
 Ghanaian Martin Anderson 
 
 Indonesian Zainal Abidin bin Mgs Mahmud Badarudin 
 
 Nigerians Raheem Agbaje Salami, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Okwudili Oyatanze 
 
 Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte 
 
 Frenchman Serge Areski Atlaoui and Filipina Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso were spared as they have ongoing appeals 
 
 Jon Donnison: Double standards over Bali Nine 
 
 A Frenchman also convicted of drug offences, Serge Areski Atlaoui, was originally due to be executed with the group but has an appeal outstanding. 
 
 The French government said it "reiterates its opposition to the death sentence, in all cases and all circumstances". 
 
 Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013. 
 
 It says it takes a hard line because of the country's own drugs problem - 33 Indonesians die every day as a result of drugs, according to Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency.
– The pleas for mercy weren't enough, apparently. Despite uproar from several foreign governments, Indonesia is readying for the executions of eight foreigners and one local man convicted of drug trafficking. A dozen ambulances—nine of which were carrying coffins—boarded a ferry to Besi prison on Nusakambangan Island today, while inmates' family members made what are now considered last visits, the AP reports. One relative described the goodbye as "torture," while another collapsed in agony, reports the BBC. Though it was believed Frenchman Serge Atlaoui would be executed, Indonesia's AG says an outstanding appeal will save his life for now. It isn't clear when the executions will occur, but protocol suggests the inmates could be shot by a firing squad just after midnight local time. Some in Australia, including actor Guy Pearce, have criticized Prime Minister Tony Abbott for failing to visit Indonesia and bring home its two nationals, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, who were caught trying to smuggle heroin out of the country in 2005. Chan married his Indonesian Christian pastor yesterday. "Clearly if traveling to Indonesia would make a difference, we would have gone there," Australia's foreign minister says, adding "while they are still alive, there is still hope." The BBC reports Indonesia indicated it would not stay the two inmates' executions despite a corruption investigation into the case. Meanwhile, a friend of Sukumaran says the inmate will choose not to be blindfolded before 12 gunmen, three of whom will have live rounds, reports the Guardian. "Myuran always said to me that he would never take this lying down; that he would stare them down, that no one would cover his eyes, that he would face it with dignity."