EU urges Dhaka to abolish death penalty
The European Union (EU) has renewed its call for abolishing the death penalty in Bangladesh and contributing to the development of human dignity in the world.
"The death penalty concerns everyone's right to life. The state, with its particular responsibility as the ultimate guarantor of all persons' human rights, should not deprive anyone of his or her life," said a letter signed by nine heads of mission of the EU countries in Dhaka.
"The European Union reaffirms its absolute opposition to the use of the death penalty,” it said, marking the observance of European Day against the Death Penalty and World Day against the Death Penalty today.
The EU envoys referred to a 2010 UN resolution, which called upon all states to establish a moratorium on executions aiming at abolishing the death penalty.
"We call upon Bangladesh, as a member of the UN, to take the actions which the resolution calls for, and thereby contribute to the development of fundamental rights and human dignity in the world."
The letter was signed by Danish Ambassador Svend Olling, Swedish Ambassador Anneli Lindahl Kenny, Italian Ambassador Giorgio Guglielmino, Spanish Ambassador Luis Tejada Chaæon, British High Commissioner Robert Gibson, French Ambassador Michel Trinquier, Dutch Ambassador Gerben Sjoerd de Jong, EU Ambassador William Hanna, and Germany Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Ralf Matthias Reusch.
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