Entries tagged with “Jordan”

Jun 24, 2026

Jordan Resumes Executions After 9‑Year Hiatus with the Hanging of 6 Men

On June 21, 2026, Jordan per­formed its first exe­cu­tions since March 2017, hang­ing six men con­vict­ed of ter­ror­ism-relat­ed or drug-traf­­fick­­ing charges on a sin­gle day, all accused of direct­ly or indi­rect­ly caus­ing the deaths of law enforce­ment or secu­ri­ty forces. On the same day the exe­cu­tions were car­ried out, Prime Minister Jafar Hassan announced dur­ing a cab­i­net ses­sion that Parliament intends to expand cap­i­tal crimes to include​“major drug traffickers and…