Jordan: Death Penalty/Torture/Legal concern, Badr Ramadan Sha'th

Index Number: MDE 16/004/2001
Date Published: 24 July 2001
Categories: Jordan, Middle East And North Africa

Badr Ramadan Sha'th was sentenced to death in May 2001 following an unfair trial and reports of torture. He is now held in Swaqa Prison. An appeal to the Court of Cassation (which may only consider the trial procedures, and not the substance of the case) was filed on 13 June.