There is an old saying in the Arab world: An individual must be very naïve if he believes in the concept of ‘voluntary admissions’ by political prisoners—admissions which are extracted following a bout of torturous interrogation by the dreaded Mukhabarat (Secret Police).
In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, there’s a rumor about Mukhabarat investigators once cutting off a suspect’s testicles in order to loosen up his tongue.
On paper, Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with a supposedly representative government, a title which has long given it the status of being the most democratic country in the Arab world. This could not be further from the truth.
To begin, the reigning monarch is the chief executive and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and appoints a government through which he exercises his authority. This authority allows him to sign and execute all laws, appoint and dismiss all judges by decree, declare war, approve amendments to the constitution, and ensure that all cabinet decisions, court judgments and even the national currency is issued in his name. The sovereign Jordanian parliament can of course veto his power by a two-thirds majority; but when the King appoints the electoral commission and its entire staff, the freedom to elect an assembly with such a majority is indeed very unlikely.
Despite waves of economic and political protests against the system over the years, not to mention the current Arab street revolts threatening each and every ruler, it does not intrigue many analysts when questioning why the King continues to substantially wield so much power and coercion to let him rule, even without the rich oil and gas resources of many of his contemporaries. The answer is simple: The Mukhabarat.
The General Intelligence Department (GID) is Jordan’s equivalent of the KGB, its incumbent chief reports directly to none other than His Majesty himself. Like its sadistic counterparts, its very name is synonymous with a heathen, an incarnation of evil—at least as far as the streets of Amman are concerned. In the 1970s and 1980s the GID headquarters was reportedly known as the “fingernail factory”[1], alluding to the pulling out of suspects fingernails as an “enhanced interrogation” technique.
True or not, a 2006 report by Amnesty International[2] reported that the GID was the primary instrument of abuse of political prisoners and for the obtaining of forced “confessions”. The same report cited methods of torture and ill-treatment suffered by detainees in Jordanian places of detention and included “falaqa” —whereby the soles of the victims feet are repeatedly beaten with a stick; beatings with sticks, cables, plastic pipes, ropes or whips; and “shabeh” (“the phantom”), whereby the victim is suspended for up to several hours by his handcuffed wrists, and then beaten.
The irony was that the GID’s practices had even spread into the prison system, where even prison guards indulge in flogging defenseless prisoners with knotted electric cables, beating them with hoses and truncheons or kick them with them with fists or boots.[3]
In 2011, Amnesty International reported that political prisoners were still sometimes subjected to torture and ill-treatment by security forces without impunity, detention without trial was widespread, and it also highlighted long-standing concerns that the Jordanian authorities failed to investigate or prosecute the perpetrators of this torture.[4]
But that is no surprise since these are the King’s best men. They prowl every street corner of the country in an attempt to penetrate the fraternity of the monarch’s enemies. Once they succeed in burrowing into their lair, they go for a slow kill. The idea is to break the enemy, and break him in such a way that he tells all.
Tales from the few survivors from these chambers of death are shocking. The putting out of cigarettes on a suspects hands and the beating with sticks on his body,[5] the forcing of suspects to stand on one leg with arms raised over their heads for up to 8 hour periods whilst simultaneously being subjected to beating and 18 hour deprivations of food,[6] are just some of the practices employed against political suspects over the years. The secrets of Jordan’s torture chambers have been open for some time, and it is the steady stream of information that trickles out which has led human rights groups to condemn Jordan’s Mukhabarat in the strongest possible terms.
The world of Jordanian Mukhabarat is almost one onto itself, one that is above the law. The Kings reliance on them to prop up his regime means they vet every appointment of a politician, ambassador, editor and even University Professor. Like every other police-state in the region they are tasked with using electronic surveillance to eavesdrop on thousands of their own citizens—almost resembling they heyday of the Soviet KGB.
The result is not just a fearful society that is cowered into lending support to the King, but also the opening of the Mukhabart becoming a state-within-state, replete with financial holdings, foreign investments and a direct hotline to major leaders across the globe. Even Western intelligence agencies bypass Jordan’s government and deal directly with the Mukhabarat in order to be directly furnished with top rate intelligence in a world at war with terrorists. Yet some of their terrorism-related assessments have been found to be something akin to a dog’s breakfast of unsupported and politically motivated accusations.
But that’s the truth of Western governments. If Pol Pot were to crawl out of his grave and declare his intention to help us get rid of this new enemy, we would welcome him. But those that deal with Jordan’s Mukhabarat should be forewarned that such people will always grow rogues on our hands unless they find themselves under a necessity to be honest.
The only way the world will know the true extent of how many people perished in these underground dungeons of the Mukhabarat, how many people were incarcerated here for long periods, and the exact numbers of those which felt the brunt of its sadism, is when the regime falls. Only then, like Iraq, can investigators comb the corridors of these dungeons and freely interrogate those who administered them in order to determine a nasty world of barbarism sanctioned by a regime that presents itself as liberal and democratic.
[1] Christopher Dickey and John Barry “The Dictator Protection Plan: Praetorian Guards, Family Retainers, and Torture: How Despots Stay in Power.” Newsweek Magazine, February 20th, 2011.
[2] Amnesty International Press Release. Document- Jordan: Systematic Torture of Political Suspects. 24.07.2006. file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/sigis1/Desktop/Document%20-%20Jordan%20%20Systematic%20torture%20of%20political%20suspects%20%20%20Amnesty%20International.htm
[3] Human Rights Watch. Torture and Impunity in Jordan’s Prisons: Reforms Fail to Tackle Widespread Abuse. 2008. P.2.
[4] Amnesty International, Annual Report 2011, The State of the World’s Human Rights. file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/sigis1/Desktop/Amnesty%20International%20%20%20Working%20to%20Protect%20Human%20Rights.htm
[5] See the reported tales of Usama Abu Hazeem. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE16/008/2006/en/8bf09d43-d410-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/mde160082006en.html
big bag of BS this guy knows nothing of jordan & nothing of our mokhabarat
I agree with the Author of this article; it sounds like a well researched account of a truth the Arab world refuses to accept.
ME TOO! It seems like a well-rehearsed plan by the Hashemite supporters of Jordan’s King to refute any suggestion of Torture. The Author speaks very intelligently! well done!!
i was born in jordan and i lived there all my life.i have to say i never heard this BS before. Really, WHERE DID YOU GET THESE INFORMATION? and what about falqa and shabah, how can you hear things that we (Jordanians) have never heard before. I know there are people now who are ambitious to topple the Jordanian regime and they would tell every lie to get what they want. But you as a respectable journal, should check your sources of information before you mislead people as these information could be very harmful especially in this period of time. there is a saying in Jordan that you might learn “bayyanat el kizbeh min kuburha” which means: the lie became so obvious because of the exageration.
What the hell are you talking about .Jordan and Jordanian people are the most empathetic and sympathatic people in the world .I wish if you just bothered yourself to confirm your informations first before you puplish such information .I believe with all my heart that you are areal loser in life if you to occuse jordan and jordanian people with such a missleading and fake information .Thanks god that you will never ever fool any resonable human being.You ediot check your information first
None sense, who on the earth can believe this trash…unsientific report that violates all norms of logic, professionalism. I am a Jordanian, and Jordan itself is a pretty small country, where all ppl. know one another, and any malpractice can easily be sensed and wll uncovered by all. so how come such claims are born,….again trash and nosense,,,more of James Bond’s fictions….
I have one question for you sir: How much did they pay you to write this STUPID article and who paid you .Sorry your name is mohammad ISLAM AND ISLAM IS SO FAR AWAY FROM YOU. IF YOU HAVE CONCIOUS YOU OWE EVERY JORDANIAN AN APOLGY.
SORRY THE PERSON WHO SCRWED YOU FROM GID WAS FIRED BECAUSE GID HAS MORE ETHICS AND MORAL MUCH MORE THAN YOU ARE.
” SORRY THE PERSON WHO SCRWED YOU FROM GID WAS FIRED BECAUSE GID HAS MORE ETHICS AND MORAL MUCH MORE THAN YOU ARE. ”
I do agree with you Mr. AZZAM , cuse its opviously clear that you , dear Auther , are well paid , beside you dont have the least ethics or morals >
This is nonsense the red cross are free to enter the GID rehabilitation center. And the detainee is allowed to contact his lawyer 24 hours after the arrest. For gods sake you want to write something at least do your homework right. As a
Jordanian I am very proud of our mukhabarat they are doing a great job. God bless our beloved Jordan
OMG I can’t believe I even read this nonsense This is such a big lie that I can’t but laugh on how desperate some are to ruin Jordan’s image. Seriously sir I feel sorry for you as who ever dragged you to write this article has ruined your career this is a BIG FAT LIE.
As an independent expert working in the field of Forensic Medicine for the last 23 years in Jordan and worldwide I can assure all the readers that torture is not practiced systematically in Jordan and actually never reported against General Intelligence Department of Jordan.
Any imprisoned person anywhere in Jordan has the right to access the National Committee against Torture in the National Center of Human Rights, and to be examined by Forensic Physicians immediately.
Unfortunately this article is superficial and shallow with insignificant information and lacks documentation.
Hani Jahshan MD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jahshan
Thanks for your comment, Hani.
1.Your 23 years Forensic experience means absolutely nothing! How can you argue with Amnesty International, the UN and so forth? Read the referenced sources more carefully.
2. How would you in your position know whether or not torture is systematic? Although the author never say’s it is- I didn’t know that a ‘Jordanian government paid’ Forensic Medical worker would be privy to such information.
3. Like torture victims have the luxury to report against the GID. You really are a joke!
I think your intellectually insincere, defensive of the regime that pays you…and would be better suiteD to just keeping your views to yourself. It does not help that your on the payroll of the government your defending: A DOG NEVER BITES THE HAND THAT FEEDS IT.
Mr John J, what you wrote above and hiding behind anonymous names indicates your confabulation, defending confabulated information presented by the author.
I am proud declaring my Name in defending my country against biased, prejudiced, and unethical information presented in the article. The web link in my initial remarks indicates that I am an expert for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and for UN agencies, and I am a member of the National Committee against Torture, which indicate that what is written in my remarks is scientific and ethical.
The article got no direct reference to any UN agencies reports, and the one on UNHCR website is published by Amnesty International. Of course reports of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are respected, but needs to be verified independently.
1. The names John Jackson, Mphil (Modern Arab History)-Columbia NY….sorry that I don’t brandish myself online like you- as if to give you some legitimacy in political opinion: Stick to Forensic Medicine!
2. The only confabulation is your comments. They are totally absurd, unfounded and surreal. You are not defending your country; you are defending a rotten regime.
3. Biased, prejudiced and unethical information? Amnesty International and the UN reports can never be such, how dare you insult humanity and write in this way. Shame on you!!!!
4. Your web link and work for the ICC is irrelevant, had you worked for GID or suffered under them, you would be credible. Shamefully you tout your so-called expertise in torture and UN agencies, yet you have the audacity to say reports from HRW and Amnesty International need to be independently verified?! What world do you live in Habibi? You’ve just pulled the rug from under your own teaching.
5. Being a member of the ‘National Committee against Torture’ does not mean what you say is scientific or ethical. You’re a member of a committee selected by a regime that commits it! You’re about as legitimate as Libya was as the rotating head of the Human Rights council at the UN. Thy who commits atrocities will never place people in positions where thy will be found guilty. Give up on your regime, its disgusting that you defend it. You remind me of Gaddafi or Mubarak sycophants! Please stop it.
Political opinions if not evidence based is a nonsense and crap,,, and if you re-review the article and your comments you will not elicit any scientifically based evidence.
“Of course reports of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are respected, but needs to be verified independently.” It seem that you don’t know that this reports are based on data collected from scattered claims of detainees or their relatives most of the time never interviewed, or on data collected from biased media or prejudiced professionals. HRW and AI have all the rights to document all those but this doesn’t reflect the evidence based reality, that’s why these reports needs to be verified independently.
If you don’t know the role of ICC in combating Torture please read Articles 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court!!!!
It seems that you don’t know that Jordan is a party to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, since 13 Nov 1991 and that the National Committee against Torture in the National Central of Human Rights is formed from autonomous experts and activists as part of commitment and respect to UN conventions and expressing Jordan willingness and enthusiasm to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.
Political opinions are always subjective…just like politics and political theory.
In this article (get this into your brain Hani) the references are based on HRW and Amnesty International reports (unlike your confabulation). So if anything, what you are saying (which is not backed up by facts-unlike the Amnesty reports the author quotes) is sheer nonsense and consistent with lies and fabrication in order to defend the regime on whose payroll you no doubt are on. I challenge you to deny it.
Please don’t suggest Amnesty International fabricates reports in order to damage a regimes credibility; what they say is always scientific because it is based on physical evidence, reports and witness testimony. If this is not enough, then you are in effect suggesting that Human Rights organisations are not credible. It will not do your reputation any good to accept that as the case. Do you really think Amnesty International reports are not verified independently???? Are you suggesting they are merely journalistic? Hani, stop making excuses.
Honestly, contrary to your previous comments, I found the authors information credible, because it is elicited from scientific fact-based Human Rights sources. Where rumours of this or that in Amman are mentioned, he clearly stipulated that they are rumours.
I’m well aware of the work of the ICC in combating Torture. It is they who help expose it and condemn it and make examples of those who commit it. But biased people, like you, can work innocently for it yet have a nature to defend your own regime. ALAN DERSHOWITZ is also a member, like he is of Amnesty International, yet he will never accept that Israel commits torture and cruel and degrading treatment to occupied Palestinians. Perhaps you agree with him, considering your views!
Jordan certainly is party to anti-torture conventions since 1991, but so is Algeria since 1989, Egypt since 1986, Israel since 1991, Libya since 1991, Saudi Arabia since 1991. I think the whole world, accept the Hashemite supporters, would agree that them being signatories certainly has done nothing to stop the systematic practise of torture!
You have lost case, may my words reflect in your heart to be honest with yourself in future, you’re an intelligent man, you can do better than those you feel compelled to defend.
Political opinions are always subjective! Are the author and you unable to differentiate between subjective political opinion and practicing torture? If political opinions are always subjective, as you stated, and the article is just a subjective opinion of the author than I cannot see it except a confabulation.
To prove torture and to base a political opinion on it, you need objective evidence, which is lacking in the article and in your arguments. It is simply comprehendible; to claim that torture crimes are committed you need an objective scientific proves, and if they exist, there no way in earth to hide them nowadays.
I reiterate my respect to both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and condemn your misleading and deceptive interpretations; their reports are scientific but classified as subjective and not objective to the extent to prove neither a crime nor a phenomenon.
As a practitioner how deals with crimes on daily basis I am not obligated to defend except justice and I cannot see in this confabulated article except a political failure that led to nowhere.
Political opinions are ALWAYS subjective! But you are confused and trying to score cheap points as a result. The author HAS presented scientific based facts as I keep reiterating!! hence the HRW and Amnesty reports. Despite this, it is still a political article. So, the author has presented a subjective political opinion but with with evidence based facts, its a synthesis.
The only confabulation is your comments; you dismiss the article and the facts and instead offer no recourse for a counter (scientific based) argument. That’s very poor of you Hani…you need to try a little harder.
I agree that to prove torture you need the evidence, objectively,but that is where the UN, Amnesty and HRW come in. The author, in my opinion, did a good job of basing his comments on proven and documented facts. Why do you find this so difficult to comprehend?
haha For sure you cannot hide torture these days: That’s why Amnesty and the rest document them- it just happens that people like you refuse to accept them.
I find your comments disturbing, you obviously have no appreciation for Human Rights or otherwise you would not ridicule the facts presented in the article! You are trying to defend your GID by misleading statements and using your forensic experience as a vehicle to engage in acts inconsistent with your education.
Finally, your not worthy of the job you have in my opinion, you bring shame on your own profession, offer no scientific alternative and have just an empty opinion that will lead nowhere. If you really defended justice as you claim: Why don’t you challenge in a court of law the claims made by the organisations this brilliant author presented?? It’s obvious Hani: You wouldn’t have a leg to stand on!!!!
Your remarks are getting irrelevantly longer, unconnected and unrelated to the issue, and specifically the last remark is illogically and incoherently repetitive to the extent undeserving a response. Please face the reality; you are scatterbrained, slipshod and lacking in the desire to know the truth.
Your last comment want short because I’ve exhausted you of every argument you presented, and you offered no viable alternative…because you cannot! You’ve become ridiculous, brain-dead, and writing like your living on the margins of life- you require an honest and introspective evaluation of your own words.
You have become incoherent and keep changing the facts, facts which you can’t accept.
Do us all a favour: Stick to forensic science and keep your mouth shut:)
The article includes big lies that implies we are living in the middle ages, The Jordanian Mukhabarat is well known for its integrity and non-viloance (non-blooded) policy in contrast of other countries. Evidence to this is: there is no existence of a Jordanian position outside Jordan. Im not surprised that the writter wrote something like this as its obvious he has a personal agenda, but im surprised that The Foriegn Policy Journal allowed puplishing such article without verifications.
Well, it feels like the writer was watching one of those thriller horror action police … movies last night or the night before this article was written. Hello my friend, its 2011 i.e. none of what you have mentioned above exists even in the jungle nowadays, I am afraid this is not the right approach to show up in the scene, I am confident that there are certain factors forced you to write your article. Anyways, just to let you know and the others that the “monsters” you are describing above (those who are pulling off the nails and whatsoever) are very intellectual educated people and know exactly the full meaning of respecting the humans while they are performing their duties that urge protecting their homeland.
BTW, it seems this is the effect of fasting during August, and the so whoever did not pay enough to buy Sohour. However and because of our Jordanian ethics force us; you are still welcome to have some Iftar around my place and that I am sure you can be better than this and more loyal to this country despite your nationality or origin.
Mr. Islam
I will tell you as an analyst and a Jordanian who suffered from terrorism and terrorists trying to ruin my country all my life : The Hashemites are very humane and just rulers. I don’t know what torture you are talking about. You sound like you’re talking about other countries around us but not Jordan. even in the seventies, when terrorists tried to ruin our country, the Hashemites showed utmost tolerance towards those captured and tried in a court of law. But rest assured that we will crush those with foreign agenda’s envious of our democracy. We are Jordanian Hashemites and will protect our country and king to the last drop of blood you know why: simply because the are the only democratic and legitimate kings of Arabs.
never heard about this in our lovely country (jordan), no one will believe this trash and nonsense fiction stories.
i am Jordanian and never heard those stories before , although Jordan is small country and any good or bad news spreads fast , i would like you to answer this : have you ever been to Jordan or have you ever talked to someone who has been there , i can confirm that you haven’t, im a lawyer and worked on several cases that my clients were detained in the Jordanian mukhabarat and they all were treated in an appropriate way , only one guy claimed that he was not well treated and turned out to be a liar as he confessed to me later .
this is a respectfull newspaper how does it accept to bublish such BS
Dear Foreign Plicy Journal ,,
I feel bad while reading this article , since am a good reader of you , but i feel you faild me & all your readres this time by publishing such a non truth tales ,, how do you publish somthing without revision ,, .
dear leen i don’t think that a silly article can ruin Jordan’s image Jesus said that people throw stones on fruitful trees and simply this is Jordan a democratic country that has many people who envoy Jordan for the safety and freedoms that they wish to have.
i was born in jordan and i lived there all my life.i have to say i never heard this BS before. Really, WHERE DID YOU GET THESE INFORMATION? and what about falqa and shabah, how can you hear things that we (Jordanians) have never heard before. I know there are people now who are ambitious to topple the Jordanian regime and they would tell every lie to get what they want. But you as a respectable journal, should check your sources of information before you mislead people as these information could be very harmful especially in this period of time. there is a saying in Jordan that you might learn “bayyanat el kizbeh min kuburha” which means: the lie became so obvious because of the exageration.
I think the Author has a balanced and well documented piece- relevant to a short article. I’m Jordanian and not ashamed to admit that torture is around every corner in our country- though not as as bad as others in the region. He uses Amnesty international and UN documentation….how the hell can his words be BS or superficial?! I hope my fellow countryman get real and accept that we live under a cruel Monarchy which will share the same destiny as its contemporaries. I thank him for publishing this so as to highlight what is really going on; we need people like this Author who speak the truth!!
Thoroughly researched and well thought out article of aan issue we seldom discuss. A much needed ray of light on jordans dark network of torture cells
Seriously I want to laugh. Which movie is this? My god never thought someone will make such a big lie. Thank god the red cross can visit and check. But I’m thinking seriously to sue the writer. He can’t just lie and get away with it
The following elucidates the grim conditions of immigration detention camps and the defective process of deportation existing within Jordan, which innocent migrant workers have endured for so long, in silence. Organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Tamkeen, Global Detention Project, and more have persistently attempted to raise awareness on the preceding conundrum.
I strongly feel my personal experience may append some insight to their efforts. Recently, I and my wife (an Iraqi refugee), were unexpectedly arrested and quickly deported from Jordan -upon orders of the Jordanian Mukhabarat (intelligence)- for my passion in highlighting Syrian refugees’ tribulations and for me reporting labor violations and corruption to the National Centre of Human Rights, Tamkeen, and the Anti-Corruption Commission of Jordan. My labor complaint was in regards to the International Independent School on Airport Road and Sands National Academy in Khelda , Jordan.
It has unfortunately become the norm in the Hashemite Kingdom for indigent migrant workers and others to be booted from Jordan, violating international laws, before their trials commence or labor grievances against employers investigated. This is what occurred to me and my wife. In other words, if employees protest loud enough or their complaint possesses substantial merit, they are discreetly punished via deportation, even though their employers’ failure in abiding by Jordanian Labor Laws, resulted in immigration infractions which consequentially led to such deportation. It is hopeful this publication may provide a closer glance at the conditions of Jordan’s detention camps and deportation process for expats, Human rights NGOs, and those affluent supporting the Hashemite Kingdom’s persistent (media assuaged) violations of international human rights laws.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-grim-conditions-of…/5520571
This is a big lie. I’m Jordanian and live in Jordan all my life this is not at all true. Seriously who is paying you. It’s very obvious you Are paid to do that.
God bless our beloved country Jordan.
God and Jordan That’s an oxymoron!
As a native of Amman, I wish to say that this article is telling the truth. It breaks my heart that my people are denying to themselves the truth about what goes on. Please for God’s sake let’s accept reality. Jordan has to change like the rest of the Arab world, we need change, we cannot live forever under this brutal system
I’m a Jordanian Palestinian, lived all my life in Jordan. Although I don’t wish trouble in this country like Syria or elsewhere, THE ARTICLE IS TELLING THE TRUTH AN NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS AWFUL REGIME. IM SO GLAD THAT AMNESTY INT IS RECORDING EVIDENCE BECAUSE WE LIVE IN FEAR, ESPECIALLY US PALESTINIANS FROM THE HASHEMITES WHO CURSE AND IMPRISON US AS THEY WISH. PLEASE ALLAH CHANGE THE MINDS OF THE HASHEMITE SUPPORTERS OF THIS REGIME, WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!!!
fantastic article! keep writing dear author….i love how the kings supporters are ganging up on you lol
they r paid very well
Brilliant article! tells the truth
Superb article! Please everybody write about what is going on there with this criminal Mukhabarat. Everybody in Jordan knows this. It was the West (Winston Ch.) who created Jordan and this nation… to secure Israel in case this huge desert (Saudi Arabia) turn agaist it – Jordan is smaller and easier to control. So Mukhabarat’s main purpose is to protect Israel from problems coming from the desert. And this secret service will last as long as Jordan and Israel exist, no matter who will be the king, queen, president etc.
Unfortunately there are many more countries supported by great powers which employ techniques just like Mukhabarat.
Whereas it would be naive to believe that abuses do not take place in Jordan, and that the security forces do not have a hand in propping up the government and monarchy, the article by Mohammed.I.Islam removes its’ own credibility with claims of spies on every corner. The majority of Jordanians (in my experience) are reasonably satisfied with their monarchy and do not live in fear in the way that some of Jordans neighbours do (Syria, Iraq, Saudi-Arabia, israel)
Obviously there are things that go on in secret but they do not pervade everyday life in the way this article implies. I am fully aware that the press is censored and careless talk against the monarchy can land you in trouble, but this article sounds like it’s referring to Albania or pre 1990 East Germany.
A more realistic and less hysterical appraisal of Jordans’ situation would be welcomed by myself and I’m sure others.
Is the author being sponsored by the Mukhabarat intelligence agency to discredit legitimate protests?
Thank you for your article and for speaking out, we Jordanians have absolutely no rights and are no more than animals for the secret service to amuse itself with. its unbelievable that the mukhabarat internet comment department is here and denying realities and facts.
you are lying big time
The following elucidates the grim conditions of immigration detention camps and the defective process of deportation existing within Jordan, which innocent migrant workers have endured for so long, in silence. Organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Tamkeen, Global Detention Project, and more have persistently attempted to raise awareness on the preceding conundrum.
I strongly feel my personal experience may append some insight to their efforts. Recently, I and my wife (an Iraqi refugee), were unexpectedly arrested and quickly deported from Jordan -upon orders of the Jordanian Mukhabarat (intelligence)- for my passion in highlighting Syrian refugees’ tribulations and for me reporting labor violations and corruption to the National Centre of Human Rights, Tamkeen, and the Anti-Corruption Commission of Jordan. My labor complaint was in regards to the International Independent School on Airport Road and Sands National Academy in Khelda , Jordan.
It has unfortunately become the norm in the Hashemite Kingdom for indigent migrant workers and others to be booted from Jordan, violating international laws, before their trials commence or labor grievances against employers investigated. This is what occurred to me and my wife. In other words, if employees protest loud enough or their complaint possesses substantial merit, they are discreetly punished via deportation, even though their employers’ failure in abiding by Jordanian Labor Laws, resulted in immigration infractions which consequentially led to such deportation. It is hopeful this publication may provide a closer glance at the conditions of Jordan’s detention camps and deportation process for expats, Human rights NGOs, and those affluent supporting the Hashemite Kingdom’s persistent (media assuaged) violations of international human rights laws.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-grim-conditions-of…/5520571
Great article.
The following elucidates the grim conditions of immigration detention camps and the defective process of deportation existing within Jordan, which innocent migrant workers have endured for so long, in silence. Organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Tamkeen, Global Detention Project, and more have persistently attempted to raise awareness on the preceding conundrum.
I strongly feel my personal experience may append some insight to their efforts. Recently, I and my wife (an Iraqi refugee), were unexpectedly arrested and quickly deported from Jordan -upon orders of the Jordanian Mukhabarat (intelligence)- for my passion in highlighting Syrian refugees’ tribulations and for me reporting labor violations and corruption to the National Centre of Human Rights, Tamkeen, and the Anti-Corruption Commission of Jordan. My labor complaint was in regards to the International Independent School on Airport Road and Sands National Academy in Khelda , Jordan.
It has unfortunately become the norm in the Hashemite Kingdom for indigent migrant workers and others to be booted from Jordan, violating international laws, before their trials commence or labor grievances against employers investigated. This is what occurred to me and my wife. In other words, if employees protest loud enough or their complaint possesses substantial merit, they are discreetly punished via deportation, even though their employers’ failure in abiding by Jordanian Labor Laws, resulted in immigration infractions which consequentially led to such deportation. It is hopeful this publication may provide a closer glance at the conditions of Jordan’s detention camps and deportation process for expats, Human rights NGOs, and those affluent supporting the Hashemite Kingdom’s persistent (media assuaged) violations of international human rights laws.