Document #1057745
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Please find attached a 1989 document that
states the following:
Between 1973 and 1987 about 100 people were sentenced to death for
land sales to Israeli nationals. All sentences, however, were
passed in absentia, entitling defendants to a retrial if
apprehended; no executions for this offence have been carried out
(Amnesty International 1989, 159-160).
More recent documents by Amnesty
International reporting on executions and the application of the
death penalty in Jordan do not mention cases involving sales of
land to Israeli nationals. Information on the status of the
above-mentioned cases or the law affecting them since Jordan
severed its relations with the West Bank in July 1988 could not be
found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
The attached and various other sources
indicate that all death sentences have to be ratified by the King
of Jordan.
Please find attached a report on the
abrogation of the 1967 martial law in Jordan in July 1991 which may
or may not be relevant to your question (Le Monde 9 July
1991). The report states that the abrogation of martial law does
not affect processes that are under way before military tribunals
nor decisions adopted by the economic security council.
Amnesty International. 1989 When
The State Kills... The Death Penalty: A Human Rights Issue. New
York: Amnesty International USA.
Le Monde [Paris]. 9 July 1991.
"Jordanie: La Loi Martiale a été Abrogée."
Amnesty International. 1989 When The
State Kills... The Death Penalty: A Human Rights Issue. New
York: Amnesty International USA, pp. 159-160.
Le Monde [Paris]. 9 July 1991.
"Jordanie: la loi martiale a été abrogée."