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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9906

21 May 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/saudi arabia

20/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - The EU has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia's execution, on 12 May 2009, of seven offenders. In a statement issued on 20 May by the Czech Presidency, the EU repeats its opposition to the death penalty “in all cases and in all circumstances”. The EU is particularly concerned that two of those executed, Sultan Bin Sulayman Bin Muslim al-Muwallad and 'Issa Bin Muhammad 'Umar Muhammad were juveniles at the time of the crimes of which they were found guilty. Their...

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