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Amnesty International condemned the "scale and secrecy around these executions" as horrific. (AFP/File)

March 4th, 2017 - 09:13 GMT

Death penalty still alive and well in Jordan with 15 executed by hanging

In 2005, King Abdullah II announced Jordan to become the first Middle Eastern country to halt executions. Starting 2006, several death sentences were handed down, but the government did not carry them out.

Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar was shot dead in front of a courthouse in Amman last month after sharing a cartoon online that was deemed "insulting to Islam." (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 07:59 GMT

Trial opens for murdered Jordanian writer, defendants plead not guilty

Police cordon off the area where writer Nahed Hattar was killed outside the court in Amman where he was facing charges for sharing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam, on September 25, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Alameen)

October 9th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Hattar murder case referred to Jordanian state security court over ‘terrorism’ charges

Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar was shot outside of the Palace of Justice in Amman on Sept. 25, 2016 after he shared a controversial cartoon on social media. (AFP/File)

October 6th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Jordan police crack down on hate speech following murder of Jordanian writer

Jordanians gather at the site where prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar was shot dead the previous day outside an Amman court, during a vigil on September 26, 2016. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)

September 30th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Jordan’s King Abdullah offers condolences to Hattar family

The courthouse where Nahed Hattar was shot earlier this week (AFP/File)

September 29th, 2016 - 12:30 GMT

Jordan’s Prime Minister and King pay respects at Nahed Hattar’s funeral

King Abdullah II of Jordan. (AFP/File)

September 26th, 2016 - 03:59 GMT

King of Jordan discusses threats to Jordan, Western ignorance on CBS’ 60 Minutes

Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar's death was described as 'heinous' by a government official. (AFP/File)

September 26th, 2016 - 02:22 GMT

Jordan places media gag order on Nahed Hattar murder

Demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration in the town of Fuheis, 20km northwest of Amman on September 25, 2016, denouncing the killing of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)

September 26th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Watch what you say: 10 Jordanians to be sued for hate speech on social media following Hattar assassination

Police and civilians gather outside the court in Amman's Abdali neighborhood, where cartoonist Nahed Hattar was shot and killed. (AFP/Ahmad Alameen)

September 26th, 2016 - 07:02 GMT

Jordan cartoonist assassination: Suspect charged with premeditated murder, ‘terrorism’

A Jordan-based journalist told Al-Jazeera that Hattar had been detained in the past over critical postings about Jordan's king. (Ibtimes)

September 25th, 2016 - 04:38 GMT

Some reflections on Nahed Hattar's killing

A man cleans the blood of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar after he was shot dead outside a court in Amman on Sept. 25, 2016, where he was facing charges for sharing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam. (AFP/Ahmad Alalameen)

September 25th, 2016 - 10:39 GMT

Update: Jordanian writer’s killer shot Hattar because of Facebook post