26/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU calls for moratorium on death penalty. In response to the execution by hanging of Patrick Gabaakanye, confirmed on Wednesday 25 May in Gaborone, the European Union called on the Botswana authorities that day to reinstate a moratorium on executions, "as a first step towards the universal abolition of the death penalty". In a press release published by the spokesperson for the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini,...