High representative of foreign affairs and security police at the EU, Federica Mogherini, said the EU deplored the execution of six death-row inmates convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia
igh representative of foreign affairs and security police at the EU, Federica Mogherini, said the EU deplored the execution of six death-row inmates convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia.
'The announced execution of six death-row inmates in Indonesia, including a Dutch citizen, for drug offenses is deeply regrettable. This would be the second round of executions since November 2013,' said the EU vice president in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
The six convicts, comprising Ang Kim Soei (Dutch), Daniel Enemuo (Nigerian), Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira (Brazilian), Namaona Denis (Nigerian), Rani Andriani alias Melisa Aprilia (Indonesia) and Tran Thi Bich Hanh (Vietnamese) were executed early on Sunday.
Mogherini said the EU was opposed to capital punishment in all cases and had consistently called for its universal abolition.
'The death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punishment, which fails to act as a deterrent and represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity. The EU calls on the Indonesian authorities to stop all pending executions and consider establishing a moratorium on the use of death penalty as a first step towards definitive abolition,' she said. (ebf)
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