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List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad

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This list of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad includes those cases where:

the person was arrested and charged with or convicted of notable crimes whilst abroad.
the person is an otherwise notable person in Australia.

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[44] Also known by adoptive name, James Hudson Savage.

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"ice smuggling allegations, allowed to return home without charge". ABC News. Australia. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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"Four Australians have been put to death for drug offences overseas in recent times". SBS News article. Australia. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

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"Cassie Sainsbury sentenced to six years in Colombian jail for trafficking cocaine". ABC News. November 2017.

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"Greste another victim of bloody-minded regime". ABC News. 23 June 2014.

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Australian home after Fiji gay sex conviction overturned, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 2005

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Little help, no protest for Victorian jailed in Fiji, The Age, 20 August 2005

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'I ask for you... to find me innocent', The Age, 29 April 2005

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"Freed Corby still to show her face".

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Bali Nine all lodge appeals, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 20 February 2006.

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Some Bali nine jail terms cut ABC News Online, 27 April 2006

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"Bali three have death sentences commuted - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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"Drug-accused model says she's a Muslim". The Australian. 29 August 2005.

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"Australian Man Michael Sacatides Gets 18 Years Jail In Bali For Importing 17kg Of Methamphetamine".

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Govt to consult with Indonesia over death sentences, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 7.30 Report, 14 February 2006

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Australian Man in Kuwaiti Jail Says Govt Has Failed Him Archived 4 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Caged Prisoners, 18 May 2005

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Foreign Prisoner Support Service, Tallaal Adrey Campaign Archived 26 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine

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Kerry and Kay Danes pardoned in Laos Archived 17 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 6 November 2001

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Garrett, John (1994). "Unintentionally a Missionary: Carl Heine, an Australian in the Marshall Islands" (PDF). South Pacific Journal of Mission Studies (11). South Pacific Association for Mission Studies: 16–20.

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"Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow executed in Malaysia". TheGuardian.com. 7 July 1986.

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Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow executed in Malaysia, The Guardian, 7 July 1986.

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The toughest penalty, The Daily Telegraph, 15 February 2006

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Heroin addicts escape Thai death sentence, The Age, 5 July 2003

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Australian spy sentenced to jail in the U.S.

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Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Stern Hu	Melbourne, Victoria	Stealing commercial secrets and receiving bribes	5 July 2009	July 2018	Australian iron ore enterprise businessman. Sentenced to 10 years' jail.^[4]
Kalynda Davis	Sydney, New South Wales	No conviction	8 November 2014^[5]	9 December 2014	Arrested for allegedly smuggling 30kg of ice and faced execution if convicted.^[5] Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop intervened and negotiated Davis' release.^[6] No conviction – returned to Australia free.^[7]
Henry Chin	Sydney, New South Wales	Convicted of trying to send 270 grams of methamphetamine to Australia	May 2004		Sentenced to death in 2005. The sentence was suspended for two years. Current fate is unknown.^[8]
Karm Gilespie	Ballarat, Victoria	Smuggling 7.5 kg of methamphetamine out of China	2013		Death sentence announced on 10 June by Guangzhou District Court after having been missing for 7 years^[9]

Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Schapelle Corby	Gold Coast, Queensland	Drug trafficking (cannabis)	8 October 2004	10 February 2014	Sentenced in 2005 to 20 years. Sentence reduced on appeal in 2005 to 15 years. Sentence increased on further appeal in 2005 to 20 years.^[14] Released from Kerobokan Prison on Monday 10 February 2014 after being granted parole on Friday 7 February 2014. Of her original 20-year sentence, Corby only served 9 years and 259 days.^[15]
Andrew Chan	Enfield, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005	Executed	Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006. Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015.^[16]
Si Yi Chen	Doonside, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005		Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006.^[16] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.^[17] Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006. Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008.
Michael Czugaj	Oxley, Queensland	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005		Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006.^[16] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.^[17] Sentence increased to life on 6 September 2006.
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen	Wellington Point, Queensland	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005	Died 9 May 2018	Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006.^[16] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.^[17] Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006. Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008.^[18] Died from stomach cancer on 9 May 2018
Matthew Norman	Quakers Hill, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005		Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006.^[16] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.^[17] Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006. Sentence reduced to life imprisonment in March 2008.^[18]
Scott Rush	Chelmer, Queensland	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005		Sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 February 2006.^[16] Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006. Sentence reduced to life imprisonment upon 11 May 2011 on appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court.
Martin Stephens	Towradgi, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005		Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006.^[16]
Myuran Sukumaran	Auburn, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005	Executed	Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006. Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015.^[16]
Renae Lawrence	Newcastle, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	17 April 2005	21 November 2018	Sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 February 2006.^[16] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.^[17] Released and deported on 21 November 2018
Michelle Leslie	Adelaide, South Australia	Possession of ecstasy tablets	21 August 2005	19 November 2005	Controversially declared herself a Muslim during her imprisonment.^[19] It was alleged that some of her lawyers distributed bribes to secure her freedom.^[20]
Michael Sacatides	Wentworthville, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (methamphetamine)	1 October 2010		Sentenced in 2011 to 18 years in Bali's Kerobokan Jail.^[21]

Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Kevin Barlow (a dual British citizen)^[27]	Perth, Western Australia	Drug trafficking (heroin)	9 November 1983	Executed	Executed by hanging on 7 July 1986.^[28]^[29]
Brian Chambers	Perth, Western Australia	Drug trafficking (heroin)	9 November 1983	Executed	Executed by hanging on 7 July 1986.^[28]^[29]
Michael McAuliffe	Sydney, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	29 June 1985	Executed	Executed by hanging in June 1993.^[30]
Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto	Sydney, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (methamphetamine)	December 2014	26 November 2019^[31]	Acquitted by the Malaysian High Court and ordered immediate release.

Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Robert Page and nine others	Various – members of Z Special Unit	Perfidy and espionage (Operation Rimau)	December 1944 – January 1945	Executed	Executed by beheading on 7 July 1945.^[33]
Van Tuong Nguyen	Melbourne, Victoria	Drug trafficking (heroin)	12 December 2002	Executed	Executed by hanging on 2 December 2005.

Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Harry Harbord 'Breaker' Morant	Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia	War crimes	23 October 1901	Executed	Executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902.
Peter Handcock	New South Wales	War crimes	23 October 1901	Executed	Executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902.
George Witton	Victoria, Australia	War crimes	23 October 1901	11 August 1904	Sentenced to death by firing squad, which was commuted to life in prison. Released early due to public and political pressure in England and Australia.

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List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad

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Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Warren Fellows	Sydney, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	11 October 1978	11 January 1990	Sentenced to life, received a pardon.^[35]
Paul Hayward	Sydney, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	11 October 1978	7 April 1989	Sentenced to 30 years, received a pardon.^[35]
Nola Blake	Botany, New South Wales	Drug trafficking (heroin)	January 1987	March 1998	Originally sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison. Received a Royal Pardon.
Holly Deane-Johns	Western Australia	Drug trafficking (heroin)	August 2000	December 2012	Sentenced to 31 years. Transferred to Bandyup Women's Prison in Australia in late 2007.^[36]
Robert Halliwell	Sydney	Drug trafficking (heroin)	August 2000		Arrested with Deane-Johns whilst attempting to post heroin to Australia. Police later found another 110 grams of heroin in Halliwell's apartment. Sentenced to life imprisonment.^[36]

Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Rolf Harris	Bassendean, Western Australia	Indecent assault	August 2013	19 May 2017	Sentenced to 5 years and 9 months' imprisonment on 4 July 2014.
Julian Assange	Townsville, Queensland	Skipping bail	11 April 2019		Sentenced to 50 weeks' imprisonment on 1 May 2019

Prisoner	From	Convictions	Arrested	Release date	Notes
Jean-Philippe Wispelaere	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	Espionage	15 May 1999	2012	Former Defence Intelligence Organisation officer who sought to sell secrets to a foreign power.^[39]^[40]
Mamdouh Habib	Sydney, New South Wales	none	5 October 2001	28 January 2005	Arrested in 2001, Habib was interrogated by Pakistani and US CIA agents before being transferred to Egypt, then to a black site in Afghanistan, where he was further interrogated under torture. Transferred to Guantanamo Bay detention camp in 2002. Released without charge in 2005.^[41]
David Hicks	Adelaide, South Australia	Unlawful combatant	November 2001	1 January 2008	Prisoner of the US Government held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on unlawful combatant charges.^[42] Returned to Australia on 20 May 2007 to serve the remaining nine months of his sentence in Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide.^[43]
Russell Moore^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Melbourne, Victoria	Murder Robbery Sexual assault	1988	Deceased	Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in 1991 for the murder, robbery and sexual assault of Barbara Barber in Melbourne, Florida. Died in custody at the Apalachee Correctional Institution on 2 June 2021.^[44]