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Lawyers call for releasing detained attorney on bail
By Petra - Feb 22,2014 - Last updated at Feb 22,2014
AMMAN — Scores of lawyers on Saturday staged a sit-in in front of the Professional Associations Complex, asking that lawyer Ahmad Othman be released on bail.
Othman was detained last week on charges of forgery and insulting the judiciary.
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