Human Rights Watch to Open Jordan Regional Office

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Amman) – Human Rights Watch will open a regional office in Amman, Jordan, in February 2023, in a move to intensify its advocacy on key human rights issues across the Middle East and North Africa, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has operated a separate Jordan country office in Amman since 2014. Jordan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade approved Human Rights Watch’s request to establish the regional office in October 2022. “While most governments across the Middle East and North Africa are increasingly suppressing dissent and…

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