01/10/2024 (Agence Europe) – On the evening of Monday 30 September, the European Union expressed its concern about the sharp increase in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia over the last four months of this year, particularly for drug-related offences. 198 people are believed to have been executed in 2024, a 30-year high. “The European Union strongly opposes [the death penalty] at all times and in all circumstances”, a spokesperson reiterated in a press release, promising that...