Nahed Hattar Case
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 31.17535669966519
Longitude: 36.37813568115235
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Jordan
- Decision Date
- Sep 25, 2016
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Keywords
- Blasphemy
- Freedom of Expression
- Religion
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Specialized Court/Tribunal
- Court Name
- Jordan's State Security Court
- Case Summary
Hattar was charged with insulting Islam after sharing a cartoon criticizing ISIS on Facebook. However, he was never convicted because he was murdered in front of the court the morning he appeared for his trial.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Related Law
- Source URL
- New York Times
- Notes
Nahed Hattar, had some accusations, appeared in front the court and got released on bail in order to proceed attending sessions. before any charges were issued, he was killed.
The decision does not establish a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Collection
- SMEX
- Date Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
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