By Jakarta correspondent Geoff Thompson

Posted Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:19pm AEST

Indonesia s Constitutional Court has heard a detailed description of how the Bali bombers will die from a Catholic priest who says the execution is torturous.

As a priest at a Catholic church in Cilacap near where the Bali bombers are imprisoned, Father Charlie Burrows was recently called upon to witness the executions of two Nigerian drug dealers.

On Thursday, he gave evidence to Indonesia s Constitutional Court in support of the argument that death by firing squad is torture.

Father Burrows said the two men were cruelly executed at midnight in a field while tied to crucifix-like poles with rubber rope.

They wore black veils and their hands and feet were cuffed before a doctor marked the place of their hearts with a piece of black cloth.

After execution teams of seven fired, the men moaned in pain, one of them for seven minutes.

Other witnesses argued that when done correctly beheading, hanging and lethal injection are less painful ways to die.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/18/2368608.htm?section=justin