IN PHOTOS: Countdown in Cilacap

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IN PHOTOS: Countdown in Cilacap

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Scenes from the final moments before the executions of the 9 death row inmates in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The clock is ticking. There’s only a few hours left before the Indonesian government starts the controversial executions of 9 people, 8 of them foreigners, on Tuesday, April 28.

Police and military presence has been heavy in Cilacap port, the gateway to the so-called “execution island,” in the past few days. Only family members are allowed to go to Nusakambangan, in Central Java, to see their relatives on death row – probably for the very last time.

Here are scenes in Cilacap port, as the world awaits: will the controversial executions push through?

Indonesian special force ‘Kopassus’ row their rubber boat during an exercise near the prison island Nusakambangan, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 27, where the executions will take place. 

Photo by Adi Weda/EPA

Indonesian policemen stand guard at a gate of Wijayapura port, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 28, as family members head to visit Nusakambangan prison island. Adi Weda/EPA

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Raji Sukumaran (center), the mother of Australian death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran, weeps as she arrives at Wijayapura port on her way to visit Nusakambangan prison island, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 28. Adi Weda/EPA

Photo by Adi Weda/EPA

Chinthu Sukumaran (left ) talks to Michael Chan (right), the respective brothers of Australian death-row prisoners Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, at Wijayapura port, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 28. Adi Weda/EPA

Photo by Adi Weda/EPA

Brinta Sukumaran (center), sister of Australian death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran, reacts as she is accompanied by family members at Wijayapura port, as they head to visit Nusakambangan prison island, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April n28, 2015. Adi Weda/EPA

Photo by Adi Weda/EPA

Michael Chan (center, in black), the brother of Australian death-row prisoner Andrew Chan, walk at Wijayapura port accompanied by family members and embassy officials as they visit Nusakambangan prison island, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 28, 2015. Adi Weda/EPA

Photo by Adi Weda/EPA

Celia Veloso (center), mother of Filipino death-row prisoner Mary Jane Veloso speaks to journalists at Wijayapura port, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 27. Adi Weda/EPA

The back of a painting by Australian death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran is shown by an unidentified person at Wijayapura port, in Cilacap, Indonesia, 28 April 2015. The back of the painting was signed by several death-row inmates scheduled for imminent executions, including Sukumaran. Adi Weda/EPA

An ambulance carries coffins for death-row prisoners as it enters Wijayapura port, in Cilacap, Indonesia, 28 April 2015. Adi Weda/EPA

Photos courtesy of the European Pressphoto Agency. — Rappler.com 

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