Salafist convicts’ families stage sit-in over detention conditions

By JT - Oct 01,2017 - Last updated at Oct 01,2017

AMMAN — Families of Salafist convicts on Sunday staged a sit-in at the National Centre for Human Rights, demanding the improvement of their family members’ detention conditions, a statement from the centre said.

The National Centre for Human Rights Chief Commissioner Mousa Braizat received them at the centre and listened to their demands that included their desire to meet His Majesty King Abdullah to obtain a special amnesty.

The families also demanded “fair” trials, the end of torturing practices for confession and “better” treatment at the detention centres. They complained about long procedures required to visit their relatives, in addition to “intimidating” approaches by the police during the raids to arrest their family members.

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