Jordan executes six prisoners after a nine-year pause in carrying out death sentences, according to reports. The executions mark a resumption of capital punishment that had been suspended since the last reported hangings in 2017. Multiple sources indicate the government carries out the death penalty only in limited circumstances, with cases typically involving terrorism and other serious violent crimes.
A government spokesperson quoted by NDTV says more than 100 people remain under death sentences in Jordan. The spokesperson also states that further executions will continue in sequence, described as proceeding “one by one,” rather than as a mass set of killings. Free Malaysia Today similarly frames the executions within Jordan’s broader practice of using the death penalty sparingly.
The reports do not provide details on the prisoners’ identities or the specific cases in which they were convicted. They focus instead on the timing of the resumption, the number executed, and the status of those still on death row.
