16/09/24 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 16 September, the European Union expressed its “deep concern” following the announcement of new death sentences handed down by the military courts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against 37 individuals, including six foreigners, for their alleged involvement in an attempted coup d’état in Kinshasa on 19 May. The EU reiterated its firm opposition to the death penalty, stressing its incompatibility with the right to life and its...