Amnesty International: Jordanian regime handing down heavy jail sentences on its dissidents

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Amnesty International’s annual report has strongly criticized the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for cracking down on freedom of speech, restricting political parties and opposition activists, and continuous violation of basic human rights.

According to Administrative Detention Law, the regime in Amman has arbitrary arrested and tortured hundreds of its citizens.

Recently, UN Committee against Torture in a report expressed its grave concern over the practice of torture in Jordan against the defendants, committed by General Intelligence Department (GID) or regime’s notorious security apparatus, knows as Darak.

The Jordanian regime insists that it has punished those security forces responsible for myriad cases of mistreating and murdering detainees while in custody, though International Amnesty reiterates that the Jordanian courts lack the legal legitimacy to function.



Meanwhile, discriminatory laws restricting women’s social and legal rights, prevalent sexual abuse and other sorts of social inequality and bias have now become the focal center for international campaigns against the ruling regime in Jordan.

Deporting vulnerable Syrian refugees to their war-ravaged country—which is considered an evident violation of international laws— has jeopardized the lives of tens of thousands of destitute refugees fleeing the war in Syria.

Jordan’s legislature body also ratified controversial bills that can legalize the systematic persecution of political opponents. Jordan’s “Anti-Terrorism Law of Year 2006” has criminalized any criticism of a foreign country which might damage Amman’s relations with that specific country. The regime also prevents the people from organizing peaceful demonstrations and deals with draconian measures those who dare to undermine the monarch, Abdullah II.

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