Jordan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 6
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Murder and rape are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 270
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Jordan is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 6 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 270 news items on Jordan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MARCH 4, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 19-year-old, named only as Ahmed A was sentenced...
A 19-year-old, named only as Ahmed A was sentenced to death in Jordan after killing a 40-year-old German woman in September 2003 and then having sex with her corpse before stealing her money, the Jordan Times newspaper said the defendant started crying wh
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children...
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children in March 2002, was executed at dawn, in Jordan
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", Khalid H, 36, was sentenced...
According to "Jordan Times", Khalid H, 36, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Jordan after he was pronounced guilty of murdering a child in Zarqa in April 2002
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
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According to "Jordan Times", the Court of Cassation ratified a July 2003 Criminal Court ruling sentencing Ibtisam H
- JANUARY 20, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's state prosecutor, Mahmud Obeidat, called for...
Jordan's state prosecutor, Mahmud Obeidat, called for the death penalty for 11 people on trial over the murder of Laurence Foley, a US Agency for International Development official, in 2002
- JANUARY 13, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A spokesman for the London-based Islamic Observation...
A spokesman for the London-based Islamic Observation Centre [IOC] said that Jordanian security forces arrested and detained eight Libyan Islamists living in Jordan and that they intend to deport them to Libya
- OCTOBER 23, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, two brothers, convicted...
According to Jordan Times, two brothers, convicted of the premeditated murder of a Jerash man in October 2001, were executed at Swaqa prison
- OCTOBER 8, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
See under 'The Death Penalty For Violent Crimes' of...
See under 'The Death Penalty For Violent Crimes' of the same date
- OCTOBER 8, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi and his Jordanian accomplice convicted of...
An Iraqi and his Jordanian accomplice convicted of murdering a friend in January 2001 over a loan reimbursement, were executed at dawn at the Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court...
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Jordan for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan...
Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan of Jamal Darwish Fatayri
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation...
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation upheld a September 2002 Criminal Court ruling sentencing three men to death for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- AUGUST 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked...
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked to Palestinian militant Abu Nidal, was hanged at dawn at Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- AUGUST 17, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced...
According to Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced two brothers to 10 years in prison after convicting them of killing their married 23-year-old sister by driving over her with a water tanker in South Shouneh in December 2002
- JULY 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Theree men were put to death in the morning hours
Theree men were put to death in the morning hours
- JULY 4, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death...
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death sentences passed against Ra'id Hijazi and six other men allegedly affiliated with Al-Qa'idah network, convicted in two separate trials in 2003 and 2000, their lawyer said on July 3
- JUNE 11, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordan Times reported that a 23-year-old woman...
The Jordan Times reported that a 23-year-old woman was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of the March 2002 murder of her sister-in-law in the Zarqa Governorate
- MAY 29, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced...
According to "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced Ahmad, a 25-year-old Egyptian national, to death after convicting him of the murder of his former employer in Sahab, Jordan, in September 2002
- MAY 22, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 29, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death,...
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death, two in absentia, for a bombing that killed two people in 2002
- APRIL 1, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court upheld its death sentence against...
The Criminal Court upheld its death sentence against Rashad Walid, a 21-year-old man convicted of a murder October 2001
- MARCH 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The 'Jordan Times' reported that a 22-year-old man...
The 'Jordan Times' reported that a 22-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted the previous week of raping an eight-year-old child in Irbid in 2002
- MARCH 18, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar...
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar pardoned a Jordanian journalist who had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death, according to the official Qatari official news agency
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed...
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed on a Jordanian journalist convicted of spying
- JANUARY 30, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Omar Qassem,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Omar Qassem, a 24-year-old man, after convicting him of murdering his future brother in law in April 2002, reported the Jordan Times
- JANUARY 6, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death...
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death sentence handed down against a Jordanian journalist for spying, but lawyers expressed optimism that it would be quashed
- JANUARY 5, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordanian State Security Court upheld a death sentence...
The Jordanian State Security Court upheld a death sentence by hanging given to a US-born Islamist convicted of plotting attacks in Jordan during the 2000 millennium celebrations
- JANUARY 1, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordan Times reported that a 20-year-old man was...
The Jordan Times reported that a 20-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of the premeditated murder of a barbershop owner in Hashemi Shamali in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder and rape are capital crimes
Murder and rape are capital crimes