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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11438

26 November 2015
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) saudi arabia
EU criticises death sentence for a poet

Brussels, 25/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 24 November, a spokesperson for High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said that the death sentence handed down to Palestinian-origin poet Ashraf Fayad for atheism and apostasy was “unacceptable”.

“We hope that in the appeal case, Mr Fayad's sentence will be reviewed and will allow for his release”, Mogherini's spokesperson told EUROPE, adding that in the EU's contact with its Saudi...

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