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Human Rights in HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

Amnesty International  Report 2013


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Jordan: Commemorating International Women's Day
5 March 2003

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Media Advisory. AI Index: MDE 16/003/2003 (Public). News Service No: 049. 5 March 2003. Jordan: Commemorating International Women's Day. ...

Press Release       MDE 16/003/2003

Jordan: Fear of deportation, detention and ill-treatment Ibrahim ...
26 February 2003

Ibrahim Hamdi 'Atia Mursi is currently being detained in Jordan and faces imminent deportation to Egypt. He is not known to have had any problem with the Egyptian ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/002/2003

Gambia: Further Information on incommunicado detention/Fear of ill ...
11 January 2003

Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of Bisher Al-Rawi, an Iraqi national, and Jamil El Banna, a Jordanian national, have been held in ...

Urgent Action       AFR 27/002/2003

Jordan: Further Information on Death penalty/Torture/Unfair trial ...
9 January 2003

Following an appeal by Ra'ed Muhammad Hijazi's lawyers, the Court of Cassation ordered on 6 October a retrial before the State Security Court. Ra'ed Muhammad Hijazi ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/001/2003

Jordan: Death penalty/torture/unfair trial, Jamal Darwish Fatayer
19 December 2002

Jamal Darwish Fatayer, a Palestinian born in Iraq, was sentenced to death by the State Security Court on 17 December, in connection with the 1994 killing in Beirut ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/018/2002

Jordan: Further information on Death Penalty/Torture/Unfair trial
12 December 2002

Yaser Muhammad Ahmad Salamah Abu Shannar was executed at Swaqa Prison on 4 December, in connection with the killing of Jordanian diplomat Na'ib 'Umran al-Ma'aytah ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/017/2002

Jordan: Right to freedom of expression and association denied
11 November 2002

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: MDE 16/020/2002 (Public). News Service No: 204. 11 November 2002. Jordan: Right to freedom ...

Press Release       MDE 16/020/2002

Jordan: Further Information on Death penalty/Torture/Unfair trial ...
30 October 2002

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 16/016/2002. 30 October 2002. Further information on UA 45/02 (amended) (MDE 16/005/2002, 13 February 2002) - Death ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/016/2002

Jordan: Acquittal of political prisoners welcomed
2 October 2002

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: MDE 16/012/2002 (Public). News Service No: 175. 3 October 2002. Jordan: Acquittal of political prisoners welcomed ...

Press Release       MDE 16/012/2002

Jordan: Death Penalty/Torture/Unfair trial,Yaser Muhammad Ahmad ...
29 August 2002

Yaser Muhammad Ahmad Salamah Abu Shannar is reportedly in danger of being executed at Swaqa Prison, outside the capital Amman, where he is currently being held. ...

Urgent Action       MDE 16/011/2002