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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 491

Jordanian courts

File: Jordan's King Abdullah II poses for photos before a reception and lunch at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, on June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul White, Pool)
August 12, 2023, 4:40 pm
Jordan’s king approves bill to criminalize online speech that ‘harms unity’
Human rights groups pan as draconian measure that sees some online posts punishable with months of prison time and fines
By AP
Officers stand guard outside Jordan's State Security Court in Amman, where two former officials, accused of helping Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, await a verdict in their trial, on July 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)
September 9, 2021, 7:56 pm
Jordanian court upholds conspiracy convictions in alleged plot against king
Court dismisses appeal filed by lawyers for Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, saying their 15-year prison sentences were handed down lawfully
By AP
Security forces stand outside the state security court where the trial of Bassem Awadallah, a former royal adviser, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a distant cousin of the king, takes place, in Amman, Jordan, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)
July 12, 2021, 1:38 pm
Two Jordanian ex-officials sentenced to 15 years over alleged royal plot
A former top aide to King Abdullah and a royal are found guilty of sedition and incitement in the affair that also entangled the monarch’s half-brother
By OMAR AKOUR
Security forces stand outside the state security court where the trial of Bassem Awadallah, a former royal adviser, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a distant cousin of the king, is taking place, in Amman, Jordan, on June 21, 2021. (Raad Adayleh/AP)
July 12, 2021, 12:20 am
In Jordan sedition trial, US defendant alleges torture
An attorney for Bassem Awadallah says he was beaten, subjected to electrical shock and threatened with future mistreatment ‘if he didn’t confess’
By Karin Laub and OMAR AKOUR
Bassem Awadallah, a former royal adviser, leaves a state security court in a vehicle after the first session of his trial, in Amman, Jordan, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
June 21, 2021, 6:41 pm
Jordanians on trial for sedition plot plead not guilty
Defendants are accused of conspiring with a senior royal — Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king — to foment unrest against the monarch while soliciting foreign help
By Karin Laub and OMAR AKOUR
Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, on December 10, 2020. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)
June 20, 2021, 5:37 pm
Jordan begins sedition trial of those nabbed in alleged April coup attempt
One narrative suggests those on trial sought to exploit the king’s perceived vulnerability when he was under US pressure to accept the now-defunct Trump Mideast peace plan
By Karin Laub
Flags of the Muslim Brotherhood, Jordan, and other political parties are waved with other protest signs denouncing the US-led Middle East economic conference in Bahrain, on June 21, 2019. (Khalil Mazraawi/ AFP)
September 21, 2020, 9:23 pm
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood to take part in parliamentary elections
Political wing of Islamist group says boycotting November 10 vote would be ‘derogation of responsibility’
By AFP
Flags of the Muslim Brotherhood, Jordan, and other political parties are waved with other protest signs denouncing the US-led Middle East economic conference in Bahrain, on June 21, 2019. (Khalil Mazraawi/ AFP)
July 16, 2020, 5:06 pm
Jordan’s top court dissolves country’s Muslim Brotherhood
Amman moves against Islamist group defined by Egypt as a terrorist organization; leader insists it is ‘a model of moderation’
By Kamal Taha
Jordanian security forces stand guard outside a military court as members of a jihadist cell accused of involvement in a shooting attack in 2016 go on trial at the military State Security Court in the Jordanian capital of Amman on November 13, 2018. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
November 13, 2018, 7:07 pm
Jordan jails 10 for Islamic State-claimed Karak attack
Shooting attack in 2016 killed seven policemen, two Jordanian civilians, and a Canadian tourist, and wounded 34
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Muslim women gathering for Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 18, 2017, 5:12 am
As so-called ‘honor killers’ get away with murder, Palestinians say law, judges outdated
12,000 sign petition to Abbas, initiated by Palestinian women’s rights groups, to cancel Article 99 of the Jordanian penal code, which they say encourages murder
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative image of a watchtower on the Jordanian-Israeli border, February 22, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 29, 2017, 8:03 pm
Jordan court sentences man to 5 years, forced labor for plan to kill Israelis
Caught trying to cross border south of Sea of Galilee, he said he wanted to join ‘jihad’ to help Palestinians
By ToI Staff
File: Jordanian journalists protest in front of the country's Parliament in Amman in 2011 over changes to the country's anti-corruption laws that they claimed muzzled press freedoms in the kingdom. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
May 8, 2016, 1:04 am
Jordan detained 10 journalists in 2015, watchdog says
Reporters held by courts under anti-terrorism rules, according to Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists
By AP
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