Jordan: Death penalty/torture/unfair trial, Jamal Darwish Fatayer

Index Number: MDE 16/018/2002
Date Published: 19 December 2002
Categories: Jordan, Middle East And North Africa

Jamal Darwish Fatayer, a Palestinian born in Iraq, was sentenced to death by the State Security Court on 17 December, in connection with the 1994 killing in Beirut of Jordanian diplomat, Na'ib 'Umran al-Ma'aytah. An appeal against his conviction has been lodged to the Court of Cassation (appeal court).