Press Release: Indonesia’s executions: MEPs call for immediate moratorium on the death penalty

Members of all European Parliament political groups condemned the recent execution of eight people in Indonesia, and called for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty there.

In a debate on 30 April 2015 with international cooperation Commissioner Neven Mimica, MEPs stressed that even though they respect Indonesia's sovereignty and its fight against drug trafficking, the death penalty could never be justified.