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Jordan: Student Mahmoud Al Etewi regains freedom after 27 months of detention and ill-treatment

Alkarama confirmed the release of Jordanian student Mahmoud Al Etewi on 24 May 2026, after 27 months in detention, following a trial that did not meet the standards of a fair trial, on charges of accessing internet sites deemed “contrary to the rules”. 

03 Jun 2026
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Jordan: Alkarama files a complaint with the UN over the case of the student convicted of "promoting illegal content".

Alkarama submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on 18 March 2025 concerning Mahmoud Aletewi, a Jordanian student who was arrested by the General Intelligence Services in Zarqa on 26 February 2024 and accused of visiting websites considered by the authorities to be 'non-compliant'.  

23 Mar 2025
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Jordan: Syrian refugee media student at risk of forcible deportation over solidarity with Gaza "Joint statement"

On the evening of Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Jordanian security forces arrested the Syrian youth, Atiya Mohammed Salim, and his colleague Abdulrahman Al-Sheikh as they were on their way to film a solidarity demonstration with the Palestinian people against the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. This incident occurred in the Rabia area of Amman on the eve of Eid al-Fitr because they were students studying at the Faculty of Media at Yarmouk University in Jordan. Atiya was taken to the Shmeisani Security Center. 

16 Apr 2024
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Our concerns
  • Violations committed by the Directorate General of Intelligence in the context of the fight against terrorism, including the practice of torture and incommunicado detention;
  • Unfair trials before the State Security Court and admission of confessions extracted under torture as evidence;
  • Reprisals against journalists and other dissident voices, in particular through judicial harassment.

 

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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
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Human Rights Council
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Membership of Human Rights Council:

2006-2012

National Human Rights Institution
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Latest Reports
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Jordan: Universal Periodic Review - 3rd Cycle - Alkarama's report - March 2018

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Universal Periodic Review
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Jordan: Human Rights Committee- 5th Review- Alkarama's Report - Sep 2017

Jordan: Human Rights Committee- 5th Review- Alkarama's Report - Sep 2017

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Human Rights Committee
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Jordan: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - Opinion 39/2016 - Adam Al Natour

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Special Procedures
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Jordan: Committee against Torture - 3rd review - alkarama's report - oct 2015

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Committee Against Torture
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Jordan: International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs- Alkarama’s Report- Jul 2015

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National Human Rights Institution
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