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Jordan - 15 days in jail for criticising government policy

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A state security court prosecutor in Amman yesterday ordered newspaper columnist Mwaffaq Mahadin and Sufian Tell, a specialist in environmental issues, held for 15 days for criticising the assistance which the Jordanian intelligence services provide the United States in its fight against Al-Qaeda. Mahadin, who writes for the daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm, and Tell were taken to Al-Juweida prison, 15 km south of the capital, after responding to a summons for questioning. “Their detention shows how (...)


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