(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed on Wednesday deep regret at the executions carried out in Indonesia for alleged drug-related crimes.
Despite numerous calls in the country and internationally for a reprieve, in a statement, Ban urged the Indonesian Government to exercise its authority and commute all death sentences.
The UN Official reaffirmed his belief that the death penalty has no place in the 21st century, "this is also the conviction of a growing majority of the international community." With a record of 117 States voted in the UN General Assembly in December 2014 for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, Ban urged all countries where the death penalty is still in place to join this movement and declare a moratorium on capital punishment with a view toward abolition.
Indonesia had excuted two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian man for alleged drug related crimes, despite all international appeals.
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