Jordan

Human Rights in HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

Jordan: Death penalty / Legal concern, Basim 'Abdallah Najeeb Abu ...
11 October 2001

The brothers named above were sentenced to death on 30 May following a reportedly unfair trial. They have no further right of appeal and will be executed if His ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/008/2001

Jordan: Further information on Death penalty
4 October 2001

The four men were hanged on 4 October 2001 at Swaqa Prison outside the capital Amman. They were convicted in May 1995 of murdering four people and the attempted ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/007/2001

Jordan: Death penalty
22 August 2001

The four men were sentenced to death on 19 August. The judgement is "irreversible", and no appeal can be made against it. Now the men's only hope is the King, who ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/006/2001

Jordan: Further information on death Penalty/Torture/Legal concern ...
8 August 2001

Badr Ramadan Sha'th has won his appeal against his death sentence and will be re-tried. The Court of Cassation ruled that the Criminal Court had not followed ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/005/2001

Jordan: Death Penalty/Torture/Legal concern, Badr Ramadan Sha'th
24 July 2001

Badr Ramadan Sha'th was sentenced to death in May 2001 following an unfair trial and reports of torture. He is now held in Swaqa Prison. An appeal to the Court ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/004/2001

Jordan: Amnesty International deplores State Security Court trial ...
24 July 2001

25 July 2001. AI Index MDE 16/003/2001 - News Service Nr. 129. News Flash. Jordan: Amnesty International deplores State Security Court trial sentences. ...

Press Release       MDE 16/003/2001

Jordan: Amnesty International calls for a new chance for justice
24 April 2001

25 April 2001. AI Index MDE 16/002/2001 - News Service Nr. 74. Jordan: Amnesty International calls for a new chance for justice. "Nine ...

Press Release       MDE 16/002/2001

Jordan/Iraq: Forcible return / fear of torture / fear of execution ...
11 April 2001

‘Abd al-Ridha Jazi' al-Ibrahimi an Iraqi, who has been living in Jordan since 1983, is at risk of being forcibly returned to Iraq, where he faces torture or execution ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/001/2001

Jordan: Further information on death Penalty/Torture/Legal concern ...
12 December 2000

Bilal Musa was hanged at dawn on 7 December at Swaqa prison, after the King approved his death sentence. He was convicted of 12 murders, after which his death sentence ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/006/2000

Jordan: Death penalty/Torture/Unfair Trial - Khader Abu Hosher and ...
19 September 2000

On 18 September eight people were sentenced to death, six in absentia, and 14 to imprisonment by the Jordanian State Security Court. Some had been held in prolonged ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/005/2000