Head Topics

HRW: Jordan steps up curbs on political dissent

  • 📰 malaymail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 30 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 86%

Malaysia Headlines News

Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Headlines

AMMAN, Sept 18 — Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to...

AMMAN, Sept 18 — Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to silence critical voices, Human Rights Watch said today.

“There is an urgent need to address the downward spiral on rights we are seeing in Jordan today,” said Lama Fakih, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. There was no immediate response from the government to a Reuters request for comment on the HRW report. The Jordanian government has also dissolved political parties and independently elected trade unions, HRW said.Staunch U.S. ally King Abdullah had called on the intelligence services to limit activities to national security and fighting terrorism, in a rebuke to the agency with a pervasive influence in public life.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in MY

Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Singapore reports 1,847 new Covid-19 cases and two more deaths on Saturday (Sept 17)Singapore reported 1,847 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,873,747.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

Covid-19 (Sept 17): 1,572 new cases, 3 new deathsActive cases are down 10pct compared to 2 weeks ago.
Source: malaysiakini - 🏆 20. / 51 Read more »

8.7 million BKM recipients to be credited from Sept 20PETALING JAYA: A total of 8.7 million recipients of the Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia (BKM) scheme, consisting of households, senior citizens and singles, as well as those whose appeals have been approved, are set to benefit from the payment totalling RM2.2bil, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

Covid-19 (Sept 16): 1,977 new cases, 6 deathsPatients in ICU trending down
Source: malaysiakini - 🏆 20. / 51 Read more »

Two killed in separate accidents in SabahKOTA KINABALU: Two people were killed in separate accidents early Sunday (Sept 18).
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »