On Wednesday 12 April, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) expressed concern at the seven executions by lethal injection planned by the US state of Arkansas between 17-27 April.
In a press release she explained that these executions, “would break the de-facto moratorium on the death penalty observed by this US State since November 2005”. She added that Arkansas would also become the first state in the US to conduct seven executions over an 11-day period since...