Wednesday, 04 April 2012 06:39
‘”Jordan’s response to demonstrations looks more and more repressive,” Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher at HRW, said on Tuesday.
“Its security forces violently break up peaceful protests and then continue to beat and insult detainees in custody,” Wilcke added.
On Saturday, anti-riot forces attacked protesters that had gathered outside the prime minister’s residence in Amman to demand the release of six political activists detained in mid-March during an anti-government demonstration in the southern city of Tafileh.’
Read more: Human Rights Watch Accuses Jordan of Using Violence Against Protesters
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