Jordan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1952, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Islamic law and French codes; review of legislative acts by a special High Court
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Majlis al-'Umma) and House of Representatives (Majlis al-Àauan)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Cassation, Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
majority Muslim, minority Christian
From the country
- MAY 8, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers defending the 15 alleged followers of Moslem...
Lawyers defending the 15 alleged followers of Moslem militant Osama bin Laden questioned the legality of the prosecution case and demanded the dismissal of charges of plotting terrorist attacks
- APRIL 28, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa and his wife, Susan Ibrahim, 31, who posed...
Bilal Musa and his wife, Susan Ibrahim, 31, who posed as sales staff or journalists to bluff their way into homes before robbing and killing the occupants, were sentenced to death by a court in Jordan
- APRIL 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan...
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan security forces had executed three of the eight Islamists that Jordanian authorities extradited to Libya in January 2000
- MARCH 30, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Islamists in Jordan were outraged by the publication...
Islamists in Jordan were outraged by the publication of a poem titled "Joseph," written by poet Musa Hawamdeh
- MARCH 29, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's Military Attorney General, Mamoun Khassawneh,...
Jordan's Military Attorney General, Mamoun Khassawneh, indicted 28 Arab nationals charged with planning bombing attacks on United States and Israeli tourists celebrating the New Year in Jordan
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation ratified a March 1999 State...
The Court of Cassation ratified a March 1999 State Security Court death sentence given to two men for their roles in what have become known as the "Rabia and Shmaysani murders," which left 12 people dead
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court handed Bilal Musa, 34, his third...
The Criminal Court handed Bilal Musa, 34, his third death sentence in nine days, convicting him of killing a 28-year-old mother and her infant in March 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder and rape are capital crimes
Murder and rape are capital crimes
- OCTOBER 6, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On October 6, lawyer Saleh al-Armouti said Jordan's...
On October 6, lawyer Saleh al-Armouti said Jordan's state security prosecutor pressed new charges against detained leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas that could carry the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Rawabdeh,...
The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Rawabdeh, during a closed-door meeting at the end of September, approved a recommendation by the Justice Ministry to abolish Art
- AUGUST 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
In August, it was reported that King Abdullah II helped...
In August, it was reported that King Abdullah II helped Jordanian women win an important legal victory by securing the abrogation of a law which either excuses or imposes sentences of three months to two years on men who kill allegedly adulterous female r
- JULY 28, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 28, two men were hanged in the desert kingdom
On July 28, two men were hanged in the desert kingdom