Jordan Introduces Amendments to Anti-Terrorism Laws After Deadly Karak Church Attack

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The Jordanian Council of Ministers approved the initiation of the amendment of a package of laws and legislation relating to terrorist offences, in a step aimed at tightening the penalties for... the post after the attack by the Church of Crock... Jordan approves the intensification of the sanctions of terrorism for the execution of the first day on Libya's eyes.

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Amman: Jordan has initiated procedures to amend a package of laws to increase penalties for terrorist offences, which include raising the minimum penalty from 5 to 10 years, and depriving those convicted of such cases of early release, following two attacks described by the authorities as terrorists in less than two weeks. The Jordanian Council of Ministers decided, Sunday, to initiate the amendment of a package of legislation, with the amendmen…

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The Jordanian Government has decided to increase the penalties for terrorist offences by raising the minimum penalty to 10 years ' imprisonment, in some cases up to 15 years ' imprisonment, and to the death penalty in others. The Government has indicated that the proposed amendments include the collection of sentences for multiple offences, rather than merely the higher penalty as currently applied... read more.