10/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Catherine Ashton hails suspension of executions. On 7 February, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton welcomed the order given on 29 January by President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, to suspend all executions in the UAE. “I hope this will constitute a first step towards the consideration of a definitive moratorium on the use of the death penalty”, she...