Lawyers: Bali bombers' rights violated

SERANG, Indonesia, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Lawyers for the three executed Bali terrorist bombers say they will sue the Indonesian government for human rights abuses.

The Muslim Lawyers Team said Monday it will file a lawsuit alleging the government denied the prisoners the right to legal counsel while being held in prison before their deaths by firing squad over the weekend, Antara reported Monday.

The attorneys also say they and the bombers' families were denied their human rights by the government's restrictions on the handling of the bodies of Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, the news agency said.

Agus Setiawan of the Muslim Lawyers Team said in Serang, Indonesia, that the group will put pressure on the country's National Human Rights Commission and House of Representatives to form a fact-finding team to investigate the executions.

Amrozi, Mukhlas and Iman Samudra had been on death row for their roles in the October 2002 terrorist bombings in Bali that left more than 200 people, including 88 Australian tourists, dead.