that he had nothing to do with the poem he is accused of writing, which the lawyer said he has not yet been shown. Human Rights Watch obtained two earlier poems by al-Shuli in which he appears to praise the king. In addition, Human Rights Watch has seen no indication that distribution of the poem in question led to any disturbances threatening Jordanian public order, other than a confrontation between al-Shuli and three other students."The main issue here is not even whether Hatim al-Shuli wrote this poem," Wilcke said. "The main issue is that Jordanian officials see nothing wrong with treating someone who writes a poem as a national security threat."
from Human Rights Watch: Jordan: A Poetic Security Threat?
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