Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06AMMAN2526
2006-04-10 14:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
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UNCLAS AMMAN 002526
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KISL JO
SUBJECT: DETAINED ISLAMISTS RELEASED
REF: AMMAN 2496
UNCLAS AMMAN 002526
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KISL JO
SUBJECT: DETAINED ISLAMISTS RELEASED
REF: AMMAN 2496
1. (SBU) According to the website of the Islamic Action Front
(IAF),Jordanian authorities have released "most" of the IAF
activists who had been detained over the last few days
(reftel). A statement by IAF Secretary General Zaki Bani
Irsheid posted on the site claimed that "around 20" party
activists had been detained for distributing leaflets calling
for Jordanians to observe a two-hour strike to protest the
lifting of fuel subsidies, but that "most had been released."
IAF member of parliament Azzam Huneidi told the press on
April 9 that 40 IAF members were arrested, but that only
three remained in custody in the northern city of Irbid.
2. (SBU) Huneidi and fellow IAF MP Zuhair Abu Al-Ragheb,
along with Jordanian Bar Association President Saleh
Al-Armouti, organized a last-minute rally during the April 9
work stoppage at a mosque in downtown Amman to blast the
GOJ's action on subsidies. Security forces did not interfere
with the event, which was reportedly attended by less than 30
people. A sit-in outside of parliament planned for April 10,
and sponsored by a coalition of opposition political parties
(including the IAF),was canceled after the governor of Amman
refused to grant the required permit.
HALE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KISL JO
SUBJECT: DETAINED ISLAMISTS RELEASED
REF: AMMAN 2496
1. (SBU) According to the website of the Islamic Action Front
(IAF),Jordanian authorities have released "most" of the IAF
activists who had been detained over the last few days
(reftel). A statement by IAF Secretary General Zaki Bani
Irsheid posted on the site claimed that "around 20" party
activists had been detained for distributing leaflets calling
for Jordanians to observe a two-hour strike to protest the
lifting of fuel subsidies, but that "most had been released."
IAF member of parliament Azzam Huneidi told the press on
April 9 that 40 IAF members were arrested, but that only
three remained in custody in the northern city of Irbid.
2. (SBU) Huneidi and fellow IAF MP Zuhair Abu Al-Ragheb,
along with Jordanian Bar Association President Saleh
Al-Armouti, organized a last-minute rally during the April 9
work stoppage at a mosque in downtown Amman to blast the
GOJ's action on subsidies. Security forces did not interfere
with the event, which was reportedly attended by less than 30
people. A sit-in outside of parliament planned for April 10,
and sponsored by a coalition of opposition political parties
(including the IAF),was canceled after the governor of Amman
refused to grant the required permit.
HALE