02/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU calls for moratorium on death penalty. Regretting the latest set of five executions which took place in Taiwan on 29 April, High Representative Catherine Ashton called on the authorities on 30 April to introduce an immediate moratorium on executions. While recognising the “sufferings of the victims of the crimes involved”, Ashton stressed that “capital punishment can never be justified” and that the EU opposes it under all circumstances and calls for...