Jordan: Further information on Death Penalty/Torture/Unfair trial

Index Number: MDE 16/017/2002
Date Published: 12 December 2002
Categories: Jordan, Middle East And North Africa

Yaser Muhammad Ahmad Salamah Abu Shannar was executed at Swaqa Prison on 4 December, in connection with the killing of Jordanian diplomat Na'ib 'Umran al-Ma'aytah in Beirut in 1994. Yaser Muhammad Ahmad Salamah Abu Shannar had reportedly denied the charges against him and claimed to have confessed under torture during his interrogation.