Human Wrongs Watch
By Abeer S. Abusaud* from Amman – Amnesty International (AI) called on Jordanian authorities to immediately release six pro-reform Jordanians, who were arrested early this month for violating lese-majeste law, i.e, for “insulting” the King, four of whom have now been held for almost one month.

**Photo, source: ANHRI
Those detainees are considered prisoners of conscience, “detained solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and being punished for their opinions and peaceful activities, which demand reform and an end to corruption,” according to an AI report.
French news agency AFP reported that the Jordanian security forces dispersed and arrested peaceful demonstrators, who participated in the 150 activists’ sit-in, in front of the Prime Minister’s Head office in Amman.
One protester, who didn’t want his name mentioned, said that security forces arrested the activists after they refused to stop chanting slogans against the Regime.