Diplomatic efforts are being carried out by Brazil's govt to prevent the execution of a citizen in Indonesia
The Brazilian government says it is pressing ahead with diplomatic efforts to prevent the execution of a Brazilian sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia.
Rodrigo Muxfeldt Gularte was among nine foreign drug convicts, including Australia's Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, whose death sentence was confirmed on Saturday by Indonesia.
A spokesman for Indonesia's attorney general said an exact date had not yet been set for the firing squad executions.
The Brazilian foreign ministry told the G1 news website that the government would pursue 'high-level' contacts to press Indonesia to suspend the execution for humanitarian reasons, saying Gularte suffers from schizophrenia.
The 42-year-old's family has presented several doctors' reports to the Indonesian authorities attesting to the fact that he is a schizophrenic.
Gularte was caught entering the country in 2004 with six kilograms of cocaine hidden in surf boards, and was sentenced to death in 2005.
The foreign ministry said Brazilian diplomats would continue to provide consular assistance to Gularte 'as far as possible', but stressed its respect for Indonesia's sovereignty and recognised the seriousness of his crime.
Brazil's charge d'affairs in Jakarta, Leonardo Carvalho Monteiro, was with Gularte when he was notified that he would be executed, the ministry said.
If the sentence is carried out, Gularte would be the second Brazilian executed in Indonesia this year.
In January, Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira was put to death after being convicted of drug trafficking, which touched off a diplomatic crisis between Jakarta and Brasilia.
Meanwhile, some 200 people have also gathered in Paris to protest the planned execution of all foreign drug convicts, saying they hope for a lasting reprieve for a Frenchman granted a temporary stay.
Indonesia earlier on Saturday said it had notified eight foreigners, including two Australians, they would be executed, but that France's Serge Atlaoui would not go before a firing squad with the group as he still has an outstanding appeal.
'I'm torn between immense relief ... and at the same time anguish at knowing the others may be executed on the 28th,' Atlaoui's French lawyer Richard Sedillot said.
'He is still on death row, he hasn't yet been saved,' he added.
The protesters shouted 'Hope' and 'Serge' as they waved pictures of the Frenchman, who has consistently denied wrongdoing.
Among the crowd were members of Amnesty International, rights groups and opponents of the death penalty as well as Indonesian-born French singer Anggun.
The news of Atlaoui's temporary reprieve came after France dramatically stepped up pressure on Jakarta to change course, with President Francois Hollande warning Saturday of 'consequences with France and Europe' if he was put to death