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OCTOBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU Representative Visited Iran Despite Iran’s Brutal Human Rights Abuses
Enrique Mora traveled to Iran on October 14
OCTOBER 12, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYEU CALLS ON HOUTHIS' TO REVOKE DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST JOURNALISTS
The European Union on 10 October 2021 called for death sentences issued against Yemeni journalists and activists to be revoked.
MAY 4, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN DECRIES EU PARLIAMENT’S MOVE ON BLASPHEMY LAWS
Pakistan on 30 April 2021 decried a move by the European Parliament, which a day earlier adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities.
APRIL 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Council of the EU prolongs and extends sanctions
For gross and systematic violations of human rights
MARCH 22, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYBusiness Executives Launch Campaign Against the Death Penalty
Richard Branson and Arianna Huffington lead the initiative
DECEMBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The European Union condemns Iran ‘in the strongest terms’ on the Zam, Sotoudeh and Djalali cases.
IRAN - The European Union condemns Iran ‘in the strongest terms’ on the Zam, Sotoudeh and Djalali cases.
OCTOBER 11, 2020Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYWORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY: JOINT DECLARATION BY EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARY GENERAL
Today (10 October 2020) on the World and European Day Against the Death Penalty the European Union and the Council of Europe reaffirm their opposition to the use of capital punishment in all circumstances and call for the universal abolition of the death
- JULY 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - European Union. EU condemns U.S. for resuming federal executions.
USA - European Union. EU condemns U.S. for resuming federal executions.
- JANUARY 16, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
THE EU STRONGLY OPPOSES EXECUTION OF INMATES IN SOMALILAND PRISONS
The European Union Ambassador of Somalia Nicolas Berlanga firmly expressed opposition over death penalty after police carried out the execution of six inmates in Mandera Prison near Berbera on 15 January 2020 morning.
- JUNE 4, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The European Union has released an online archive of its engagement with death-penalty cases in the USA
USA - The European Union has released an online archive of its engagement with death-penalty cases in the USA
- MAY 11, 2018Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
EU PRESSURES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The European Union has urged Trinidad and Tobago to abolish the death penalty, saying that the bloc does not believe that capital punishment deters crime.
MARCH 30, 2016BelarusDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN UNION: STATEMENT ON THE CONFIRMATION OF A DEATH SENTENCE IN BELARUS
The European External Action Service (EEAS) Spokesperson released this Statement on the confirmation of a death sentence in Belarus: