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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10039

12 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 30
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/saudi arabia
Grave EU concern at capital punishment in biggest Arab state

Brussels, 11/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a statement issued on behalf of the European Union on Friday 11 December, the Swedish Presidency “expresses its concern regarding recent reports of death sentences in Saudi Arabia for activities defined as 'sorcery'... Apart from its firm opposition to the use of the death penalty as such, it is the Presidency's belief that the alleged activities cannot be punishable by law, since they would simply correspond to individuals exercising their freedom...

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