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
- DECEMBER 27, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Sadeq was hanged for murder
Ahmad Sadeq was hanged for murder
- DECEMBER 17, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 4, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Yasir Abu-Shinnar, who was convicted of the 1994 killing...
Yasir Abu-Shinnar, who was convicted of the 1994 killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut by the State Security Court, was executed at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- OCTOBER 27, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun district...
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun district in western Amman, appealing to the Qatari people to help release Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali, who faces a death penalty by a Qatari court
- OCTOBER 26, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghibhe was shocked over...
Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghibhe was shocked over a verdict made by a Qatari court, which sentenced to death Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali
- OCTOBER 25, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's...
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's European 'ambassador' has been arrested in Britain
- OCTOBER 22, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian journalist was condemned to death for spying...
A Jordanian journalist was condemned to death for spying for a "foreign country" by Qatar's supreme court, said his lawyer Issa al-Manai
- OCTOBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Assad Harb was hanged for murder
Assad Harb was hanged for murder
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death...
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of killing an on-duty police officer and injuring several others in a series of four armed robberies taking place in September 1998
- AUGUST 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said...
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said it appears that the brutal killing of women in the name of family honour continues despite all the efforts and the campaigns to eradicate this social phenomenon
- JUNE 3, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was...
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of robbing and murdering a woman in Amman in 2001
- MAY 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both...
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both hanged at Sawaqah prison at dawn after being convicted of murdering the woman's husband
- MARCH 24, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Mursi Mohammad was hanged for murder
Mursi Mohammad was hanged for murder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a...
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a Jordanian-American man to death after convicting him on charges that he planned to bomb tourist sites during millennium celebrations
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three more executions followed the first two hangings...
Three more executions followed the first two hangings in Jordan in 2002 on February 6
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were...
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- JANUARY 1, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder and rape are capital crimes
Murder and rape are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
On december 14, 2001, the Jordanian cabinet changed...
On december 14, 2001, the Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called honour crimes - when a man kills a woman relative accused of dishonouring the family - doing away with an exemption from the death penalty for those convicted
- DECEMBER 14, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called...
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called honour crimes - when a man kills a woman relative accused of dishonouring the family - doing away with an exemption from the death penalty for those convicted
- DECEMBER 12, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military prosecutor urged a security court...
Jordan's military prosecutor urged a security court to convict a US-born militant, saying evidence proved he had plotted attacks on US targets on the orders of Usamah Bin Ladin's Al-Qa'idah network
- DECEMBER 3, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian security court sentenced to death in absentia...
A Jordanian security court sentenced to death in absentia Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Nidal for masterminding the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994
- OCTOBER 25, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Two Iraqi nationals were charged in Jordan with premeditated...
Two Iraqi nationals were charged in Jordan with premeditated murder of a Kuwaiti student in August, the semiofficial Jordan Times newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 11, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian national was hanged in Sawaka jail, south...
A Jordanian national was hanged in Sawaka jail, south of Amman
- OCTOBER 8, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
The government issued a special supplement to the Official...
The government issued a special supplement to the Official Gazette containing provisional Law 54 of 2001, which amends the Penal Code with immediate effect
- OCTOBER 6, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Four men, Mubarak Suleiman, Khader Jaber, Yousef and...
Four men, Mubarak Suleiman, Khader Jaber, Yousef and Imad Smadi were hanged in Jordan for murder
- JULY 29, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old soldier, convicted of killing two of...
A 22-year-old soldier, convicted of killing two of his colleagues at the military camp in Zarqa, was hanged, according to official sources
- JULY 18, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
- JULY 18, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 39-year-old soldier, identified only as A
A 39-year-old soldier, identified only as A
- JULY 12, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
- JUNE 27, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An alleged Bin-Laden group militant appeared before...
An alleged Bin-Laden group militant appeared before the State Security Court on charges of belonging to an extremist ring, months after he was sentenced to death in absentia in a high profile case