04/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - Death sentences. On 4 April, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said she regretted the execution of three men in Kuwait on 1 April. The men had been sentenced to death for murder and their execution took place after a period of six years during which no execution had taken place in the country. Ashton urged Kuwait to return to its previous policy by establishing a moratorium on the death penalty as a first step...