Tuesday, September 14, 2010

News at Eleven: [Hatim al-]Shuli, a journalism student

at Irbid University, was arrested on July 25 and charged three days later with lese majeste "and causing national strife, over a poem he denies writing that criticised the king," HRW said on Friday.

"Jordan's military prosecutor at the State Security Court should immediately order the release of Hatim al-Shuli, a university student, and rescind charges against him," it [the express orders of the monarch] said.

from AFP: Jordan king pardons student jailed for insulting him

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