EU rejects Death Sentences on Court Martial Soldiers
This was made known by a statement delivered by its memebers on the World Day against Dealth Penalty. This was no difference for the Mass Trial on the 12 Soldiers in Nigeria, as they strongly conderm the judgement by the Nigerian Miliatary.
Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, who is the head of the union and the General Secretary argued that execution had stopped in that region of the world for close to two decades
According to his statement: “On the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union and the Council of Europe reaffirm their strong and absolute opposition to capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances, and their commitment to its worldwide abolition.
“We are deeply concerned about setbacks in some countries, such as recent mass trials leading to a vast number of death sentences. No execution has taken place in our member states in the last 17 years.
The European Union and the Council of Europe welcome the fact that all Member States of the European Union have now ratified both Protocols 6 and 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, and urge all other European States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify these instruments which aim at the abolition of the death penalty.”
The Nigerian Military has strongly reaffirmed their decision on the Death Penalty handed the 12 Soldiers as they says there is no turning back on the penalty handed those soldiers, irrespective of the plea and other legal means used to stop the execution of their members
