the European Union expressed dismay at Indonesia's first execution...

the European Union expressed dismay at Indonesia's first execution for three years after an elderly Indian man was shot dead by firing squad for drug smuggling. Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, 67, was executed on August 5 in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, despite last-minute appeals from the EU, the Indian government and Amnesty International.
"The European Union has learned with dismay that despite previous expressions of concern of the EU and human rights organisations to the Indonesian authorities, Indonesia has carried out an execution in Medan," the 25-nation bloc's Dutch presidency said in a statement. "In doing so, Indonesia has abolished its de facto moratorium on the death penalty. The EU urges the Indonesian government to refrain from carrying out more executions and thereby reinstall the de facto moratorium," it said.