Charges against Maqdisi dropped

By Petra - Feb 05,2015 - Last updated at Feb 05,2015

AMMAN — The State Security Court (SSC) attorney general on Thursday dropped the charges levelled by the SSC prosecutor general against defendant Essam Barqawi, better known as Abu Mohammad Maqdisi.

Maqdisi had been charged with plotting subversive acts against the regime.

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