Brussels, 10/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On the fifth annual World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union reaffirms its long-standing opposition to the application of the death penalty, whatever the circumstances, and “reiterates its call upon States that still maintain the death penalty to work towards abolishing the death penalty”, irrespective of the circumstances. The tendency towards the universal abolition of the death penalty is continuing, but the practice is still in...