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Jordan charges former MP with ‘insulting the king, queen’

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Authorities in Jordan have arrested a former member of parliament and royal critic on various charges, including&nbsp;The state prosecutor filed a criminal complaint against him on Wednesday that included charges of “attempting to undermine the regime” and “violating electronic law”, his family and lawyer told Al Jazeera.No other details were immediately available.It remains unclear when al-Abbadi will&nbsp;face trial which, his family said, will take place at the State Security Court, a military tribunal.In comments made to Al Jazeera, al-A longtime royal critic, al-Abbadi is the founder of the Jordan National Movement, an opposition group that mainly criticises what it describes as corruption in the royal family.&nbsp;In 2007, al-Abbadi was sentenced to two years in jail over emails&nbsp;a court ruled promoted “false news” and that were “harmful to the state”. He pleaded not guilty.The former army colonel and&nbsp;last served as s seen as a controversial figure in Jordan who has long spoken against the presence of Palestinians in the country and questioned their citizenship. In the past, he has also directed his criticism towards Jordan’s queen, because of her Palestinian origins, and questioned the legitimacy of the royal family.&nbsp;Jordanian law criminalises speech deemed critical of the king, government officials and institutions. It also considers it illegal to criticise foreign governments.In a 2019 report, Human Rights Watch said the Jordanian government had “detained over 30 political and anti-corruption activists and filed charges against some that violated the right to free expression. Most of those detained were linked to a loose coalition of political activists across the country known as the hirak (movement).”“The charges filed against activists ranged from insulting the king (‘lengthening the tongue against the king’) to ‘undermining the political regime’ and ‘online slander’,” the HRW said.In April, authorities&nbsp;&nbsp;top executives at popular TV channel Roya for airing reports of people complaining about their economic hardship during the coronavirus lockdown. Former parliamentarian and government critic Salim al-Batayneh was among several others arrested during the same period.His son, Nomayy&nbsp;al-Abbadi, told Al Jazeera from Germany, where he works as a doctor, that his father suffers from chronic heart disease and diabetes and called on international human rights groups to pressure the government to release him.Calls made to the government’s spokesperson for comment went unanswered.“His arrest is intended as a deterrent move against other activists and scare other Jordanians from taking to the streets in protest”&nbsp;Follow Ali Younes on Twitter:&nbsp;Source: Al Jazeera

Authorities in Jordan have arrested a former member of parliament and royal critic on various charges, including&nbsp;The state prosecutor filed a criminal complaint against him on Wednesday that included charges of “attempting to undermine the regime” and “violating electronic law”, his family and lawyer told Al Jazeera.No other details were immediately available.It remains unclear when al-Abbadi will&nbsp;face trial which, his family said, will take place at the State Security Court, a military tribunal.In comments made to Al Jazeera, al-A longtime royal critic, al-Abbadi is the founder...

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