Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan...

Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan of Jamal Darwish Fatayri. "The trial of Jamal Darwish Fatayri fell seriously short of international standards and claims that 'confessions' had been extracted under torture were ignored," Amnesty said in a press statement. Amnesty called on Jordanian to ban the death penalty and to hold an independent inquiry into Fatayri's "unfair" trial. Claims of torture made by Fatayri and others who have either been executed or sentenced to death must also be investigated, Amnesty said.