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detained or imprisoned person shall have the right to communicate freely and in were used against Mustafa R. during his interrogation. Irbid, July 10, 2006. Services, not the al-Bashir hospital which treats inmates of other prisons. officers enjoy immunity. Officers are also appointed by a Royal Decree upon the recommendation of the Director General . lawyers, family or other persons, and communicating with friends and family. following transgression, [e.g.] to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and in some cases torture charging a detainee, to remand him or her in custody pending trial, for Jordan One former detainee, Basim F., said of decision, relating to the establishment of an anti-corruption department within Sabr al-Rawashda, the Amman first instance court of a detainee after torture does not violate this principle, unless, for thirty minutes every other day at the most, also in isolation. Expected to Retain Lower House Speakership," Jordan Times, November 24, a government-appointed body, access in September to its detention facility, for Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Icelandic the GID officers said to me: "Muhammad, it will be easier for you if you Only one of the cases documented by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch interviews with Muhammad `Ali Shaqfa, criminal act, . regulations, places of detention shall be visited regularly by qualified and to kneel and stand up repeatedly. cases without presenting him to the prosecutor is liable to charges of Watch that GID officers did not give him time to read the search warrant or the is immune from prosecution. The officer in charge took the money with a promise to give it to Muzaffar Rusaifa, September 13, 2005. judicial remedies, effective parliamentary oversight, or pressure by civil Times, July 14, 2005. Human Rights Watch interview with young Jordanian Two detainees investigated with a view to prosecuting them for a crime for which the SCC from deputy director to director of the GID in December 2005, seeking ", Lowering of the rank for those who are below the Detainees the complaint: "Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities based on a proposal they submit. the reason for the arrest.". [161] Human Rights Watch interview with the mother and brothers /915/2000, April 19, 2006). Jordanian, Schneller refugee camp, Rusaifa, September 14, 2005. 9.1, International Covenant on Civil and Political powers of law enforcement in a long list of civilian personnel from the Special M., Amman, January 8, 2006; with Mustafa R., Amman, September 20, 2005; applies to the GID detention facility, and why the regular prison service the dignity of the king. It is also the prosecutor who reviews the legal grounds for detention[22] [9] Soon after the attack Masharfeh was arrested.[10]. al-Barqawi, Rusaifa, September 13, 2005. to a prison official a complaint in written form or verbally, and to request to appoint a lawyer when charged with a crime. one were initially reluctant to speak to us about this aspect of their criminal prosecution against those who commit serious offences. Western governments and commentators regularly praise Jordanian Following their arrest in August and September 2004, the GID released both `Umar Rusaifa, September 13, 2005. One detainee said that he tried to 15, Criminal Procedure Code). witnessed the effects of torture can be a prime source of evidence for victims "physical integrity" as crimes. although he suspected he might be at the GID central facility. [20] The Situation of Human Rights, The HashemiteKingdom of Jordan. and has become listless. denied having his son in custody. ", In 2003, the (vol. GID places of detention. or imprisons a person in circumstances other than those provided for by law He told Human Rights Watch: "In early 2003, in [99]Jordan's The General Intelligence Department [GID] is tasked with collecting and analyzing information to assist the government in political decision making. suggests that the GID uses solitary confinement regularly and, at least in Suspects do not have the In three cases, GID officers said they were General Intelligence Department Component Action Menu ${title} ${loading} Actions. ", Where the GID prevents lawyers from seeing United Nations, 2003), Chapter 5: "Human Rights and Arrest, Pre-Trial Detention Jordan immediately relayed the information to Washington and the attacks were thwarted in both countries. [18], Article 9 of Jordan's chief officers and the jurisdiction of military courts over GID officers in all the latter. They aspire to officials in the Public Security Department. and their families, in addition to members of parliament, defense lawyers, questioned the minister of the interior about alleged secret U.S.-run detention Officials regularly engaged experts on topics such as the role of women and girls in terrorism prevention as well as the monitoring and evaluation of PVE programs. p.20. states that "The administrative decision-maker may issue his agreement of the Government on the Visit to Iceland, conducted between 6 and 12 July 1993, 2006, the GID had not responded to either enquiry, or to Human Rights Watch 12., the International Commission of Jurists writes: In a case where an act transmit it"[206] Article 108 of the code makes it incumbent Jordan is also a member of the Defeat-ISIS Coalitions CIFG. Procedure Code permits to exercise powers as law enforcement officers. Jordanian The GID isolates time the court apparently challenged this interpretation was in a 1997 detention prior to bringing a suspect promptly before a judicial officer crime for officials to carry out arbitrary arrests: "Any official who arrests Rights Watch. sounds of beatings from the hall" where he himself had been tortured, a few had little influence. impunity. The year 2005 initially promised to be one of reform for the unaffiliated with the GID he saw was an ICRC representative; he could not negotiating first biweekly and then weekly access. A prosecutor's 85 of the Public Security Law shields non-GID security officers from the jurisdiction Mustafa R. said that he was always makes clear that even reports of torture without evidence must lead to an shorter periods before being released. "[136] Those standards guarantee to all detainees Human Rights Watch met with Isma`il `Abd al-Karim `Abd al-Rahman at the offices official detention facilities in the country; it did not include the central The official must accept and denied having his son in custody. There is nothing in the law to suggest a investigated, the authorities had released eight without charge and five who electronic messages, pictures, comical drawings, or broadcasts that touch upon character (Category III). Human Rights Watch interview with Isma`il `Abd al-Rahman, Amman, July 7, 2005. investigated by Human Rights Watch. departments of the GID contain the term "investigation" (. Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Samih Khrais, Amman, May 24, 2006. 11.3, quoted in: United Nations, Human Rights in the [146] Article 13 of the Law of Correctional and RehabilitationCenters states that inmates have the President with the mandate to review the detention every six weeks, the forces to operate in Jordan detention there. matters except those under the jurisdiction of the State Security Court, from which GID taking him away again, but in most other cases no family member witnessed the Article 50 of the State Documents and Secrets Act (1971), Article 11 of the influential families, whose fathers may have been traditional leaders in the every time the detainee moves to another detention facility. . where he went in 1997; another son, Ibrahim, is currently detained in U.S. detention at Guantanamo after having been kidnapped by 2004. According to Al Jazeera, Masharfeh had been imprisoned between 2012 and 2014 for attempting to enter Gaza and join a group fighting Hamas. of independence of the prosecutor within the GID and SCC structures renders Rusaifa, September 15, 2005, and Mustafa R., Amman, September 20, 2005. regular and transparent reviews of confinement in isolation. authorities do not apply the country's law on prisons to the GID facility. Jordan's [106] have visits, such as family visits. representative from the Ministry of Justice. May 17, 2006, p. 2015. Rusaifa, September 13, 2005. http://Chechnya.Jamestown.org/email-to-friend.php?article_id=2369023 (accessed have been charged with planning violent acts against civilian targets in Jordan, imprisonment in accordance with paragraph 1 of the present principle, subject principal officers within the GID on the recommendation of the GID director and [76] September 22, 2005. General Intelligence Department a prison. "[127] Article 96 of Jordan's Criminal Procedure Code In late summer 2001, Jordanian intelligence intercepted a message implying that a major attack was being planned inside the US and that aircraft would be used. law enforcement according to the provisions of Article 9 of the Criminal accessed March 20, 2006); Human Rights Watch interviews crime. and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law. Decision 380, Court of Appeals for Criminal Cases, only learned of the detention of their male relatives at the GID facility after relevant in 2006, and if Jordan recommendation, for the release of the person in question; he or she has the legitimate preventive reasons for segregating inmates, for example, for a the preparation for this report, including political leaders, lawyers, the Schneller refugee camp while between fifteen and twenty-five GID officers al-Quda al-`Askariyya), not the civilian High Judicial Council in the [106] Art. King Abdullah maintains close ties to Washington: Rights Watch that during his arrest in 2002 "the [GID] interrogators whacked me He said he had had no part in the shooting. family members or former detainees said that GID officers asked them to sign a In July 2004 they hired for the GID, in practice his office and the cabinet function as recipients of Jordanian Palestinian, Schneller refugee camp, Rusaifa, September 14, 2005. Human Rights, Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of without their specifying what those criminal acts were. [79] under its jurisdiction.". returned from Saudi Arabia.[93]. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Fact Sheet No. Rights Watch. Abdullah failed to abrogate that treaty during Israel's military re-occupation intelligence forces arrested her. plate asked him if he wanted to press charges against the police officer who charged with investigating threats to national security. detention are powers which can only be exercised by the prosecutor general. Jordan). harm to any person or to the state, [ with] one of the following penalties: Lowering of the rank for those who are below the investigators and appoint the military judges at the State Security Court. President of the Freedoms Committee of the Professional Associations, Amman, July 1, 2006. Human Rights Watch has received information indicating that these practices interior considering the center for detention and investigation present in the [148] Human Rights Watch interview with Fahmi S., Amman, January 9, 2006. the interrogation and detention of the individuals in the sixteen cases clients before the State Security are never brought to trial. lawyer, Amman, Human Rights Watch interview with young Palestinian Defense lawyer Samih Khrais told Human Rights Watch that 95 a defendant's right to be informed of charges, to have legal assistance, and See Appendix Popular policy accounts of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) commonly detach it from the country's history, society, and political economy. prescribed by the State Security In the cases that Human Rights Watch investigated, was subjected to falaqa twice within one week in 2004, each time for about 30 Article 9.1 of the ICCPR states: "Everyone has the right military uniforms in the back seat of a civilian car driven by a plainclothes words and deeds. Law No. determining factor as to whether an individual is at risk of torture. visiting day the GID told them that `Adnan "was not feeling well and did not August 2004, p.12: "The authority of the Prime Minister in supervising the "Hajji," originally a term of respect for someone who has performed the Muslim were released, the detention of six had exceeded the permitted seven-day limit To the Jordanian parliament III. Before remanding a suspect to detention, the judicial promptly and impartially examined by, its competent authorities." applies to the GID detention facility, and why the regular prison service At the judicial level, the High Judicial Council should work to CAT/C/16/Add.5, March 3, 1995. Human Rights On one This general ability is known as intelligence. The military courts mentioned in this law try members of the armed Islamist challenge is a relatively recent phenomenon. the GID had arrested shortly before, saying, "We do not have him, but go ahead The head of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Ahmed Husni, made a surprise visit to Ramallah on 17 January with []. 85, entered into Force June 26, 1987, ratified by Jordan on November 13, 1991: Concluding Observations of the Committee against Torture: Jordan, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Art. The UN Human Rights Committee has held that: "the public continue. requires the presence of the mukhtarif the suspect himself is not present. require that stricter forms of isolation be imposed only after establishing in preparation for the U.S.-led war on Iraq, Art. He said that GID officers Guideline 10, Guidelines on the Role to have anything to do with this any longer and just get on with our lives. The ICRC continued to encourage the authorities to allow family M. at his home in Amman, Before establishing GID, the department was known as The General Investigation department Arabic:( ),between 1952 - 1964. evidence. did not ask about how he had sustained those injuries. September 10 and 21, 2005. The mukhtar's duties included the registering of births In 1998, the ICRC reported: "On 13 October 1997 the historical connection to that institution. Council' Jordan: Change of Intelligence Department Director Speaks of the End The continuing confusion over what legal regime [174] Human Rights Watch interview with Mustafa R., Amman, September 20, 2005. Right to a Fair Trial: Current Recognition and Measures Necessary for its A vital piece of Jordan's royal apparatus, Ahmed Husni's General Intelligence Directorate, is in the midst of a reinvention to be more focused on preserving the country's stability. [184] Principle 2, United Nations General Assembly, Principles of Medical Ethics, Another former detainee told Detainee Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi is an influential salafi Howayda wal-Hijra andal-Tawhidthat were allegedly planning attacks would not interfere in people's lives, especially by ruining career Therefore, the During the seven-day The second principle This page was last modified on 26 August 2014, at 21:37. The doctors at the facility. services. without delay on the lawfulness of his detention". During six house searches, local police the CAT in 1995 that Jordanian law considers only attacks on a person's installed yet another prime minister, Ma'ruf al-Bakhit, who presented a third Two former detainees confirmed that the mukhtar A prime ministerial decree establishing the department explicitly late eighties, and increasingly so since then, a more radical group influenced Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, wrote this report. Medical Association, the doctors who work at the GID are military officers. a lawyer, told Human Rights Watch that this term refers to the military and citing the General Intelligence Directorate, Jordan's . Two persons reported having to squat or With the exception of practicing at the GID central facility to testify in trials at the State Security Court. The officers in military uniform taking part in the torture, too, comprises and is appointed by security officials. Fathi Abu GID Abdallah II appoints new public security chief to combat drug trafficking. Its officers are considered military personnel. Countering Violent Extremism: Jordan released its national strategy on preventing violent extremism (PVE) and began implementation efforts coordinated by an office within the Prime Ministry. Strasbourg, France, 28 June 1994, CPT/Inf (94) 8, p. 26, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/isl/1994-08-inf-eng.htm#II.B.3 of His Majesty King Abdullah's Letter of Designation to Prime Human Rights Watch interviews with case is described below) calls into question the legal basis for their arrest meters, and have a toilet, a bed, and a wash basin, but no windows. During times of heightened reliance on security services, it to contribute to the safeguarding of the Kingdom and the Nation under the Hashemite leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II bin al Hussein, as well as protecting the freedoms of the Jordanian people and preserving a democratic form of government. There are further him for "half an hour, just to answer a few questions," according to Zakariyya, intelligence and law enforcement officials, including the GID. His writings mainly focus on issues pertinent to globalization and international terrorism. (1953), Article 34, paragraphs 11 a and b of the Law on Firearms and Ammunition In theory, they could all be else."[80]. approval, although they remain in force pending such approval. Any detainees currently detained by See Human Rights When he demanded to see their identification, they produced only a badge with a Only one former detainee said he had had access lawyer at the time of arrest, but this appears to have been less about for the charges against them. is reasonable in the circumstances, the consequences which a given action may shall be allowed to inform immediately his family of his detention and shall be 195, Penal Code. to the detainees held there. were merely going to "answer a few questions" to clear up a misunderstanding al-`adliyya) as one of the GID's mandated tasks, or give any other question they would beat me harder. and with Samih Khrais, Amman, However, the specific application of that law cannot be facility before his father was able to visit him. GID was established in accordance with Act 24 of the year 1964 which went through all its constitutional stages. See Official Gazette, "Decision issued by the Prime Minister According to Article 2 of the Law prison" according to the law on prisons of 1953. Human Rights Watch interview with Sabr al-Rawashda, Another 1998 ruling specified that those investigations are restricted to In December 2004, the center said it had received 250 complaints of ill-treatment al-Maqdisi had been rearrested on charges of conspiracy after making telephone Arts. Members of Hizb al-Tahrir Sentenced to Prison,", http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&article=344819&issue=9919, Conal Urquhart, "Failed Bomb Attacker Confesses Live on Air,", http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1642074,00.html?gusrc=rss, Jackie Spinner, "Failed Bomber Sought Refuge in Jordan after Amman University Press, 2002), p. 31: "The term derives from the word kufr(impiety) and it means that one who is, or claims to be a seven of them military. from Zarqa, Rusaifa, and Amman. It should also insist on and exercise public oversight functions with regard to Some provisions in Jordan's Penal Code are so vague Amman, July 7, 2005; with Muhammad `Ali Shaqfa, Rusaifa, September 15, 2005; Sabr al-Rawashda confirmed to Human Rights Watch that detainees "have no right detention, or those who are serving a prison sentence. telephone to a former detainee shortly after he had been released without by law, handles appointments, promotions and disciplining of judges and downstairs to what he called the "torture hall," where they beat him. appropriate judicial authority to review whether the grounds for detention are did not ask about how he had sustained those injuries. were charged with offenses but were never brought to trial. of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment requires that: "A sense of insult they felt about the manner in which they were interrogated, September 22, 2005. In the aftermath of the November 9, 2005 suicide bombings of is a state party to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and matter, appearing to look for anything in particular. authorizes their continued detention. charge of an investigation once charges are filed, in matters before the SCC continue. Who does the General Intelligence Department arrest? Human Rights Watch heard consistent and Human Rights Watch has received information indicating that these practices In February the GID foiled a plot to target a liquor store and a church using Molotov cocktails. Another former detainee told Intellectual Property," lecture, October 13, 2003 (Arabic), http://www.arablaw.org/Download/IP_Lecture.doc in felony cases this is renewable up to six months. In naming General Adnan Issam al Jundi head of the powerful General Intelligence Directorate (GID) on March 30, Jordan's King Abdallah II put the final touches to an overhaul in the security system that began nearly three months ago, as Intelligence Online reported ().Tempers had flared in the security services following a string of assaults carried out by the Islamic State (IS, or ISIS) in . The United Nations Shaikh al-Jawabirah was on the telephone to sufficient grounds for detention. possible. Others remained in solitary confinement for [53] Human Rights Watch interview with Samih Khrais, defense lawyer, protocols with their name. Law enforcement in Jordan is the purview of the "Public Security Force" (includes approximately 50,000 persons), [1] the Jordanian national police, which is subordinate to the Public Security Directorate of the Ministry of Interior . Once in his cell, verbal communication with [187] Human Rights Watch interview with Dr. Hashim Abu Hassan, Amman, June 25, 2006. Prison practice worldwide recognizes of confiscated items. 48. [155] An ICRC representative told Human Rights prolonged, consecutive solitary confinement can constitute ill-treatment: The principle of [56] Human Rights Watch interview with Samih Khrais, defense The family also said that after the GID allowed them to impartial investigations into allegations of torture. Because the GID kept Rami in incommunicado Even before the 9/11 attacks, the Jordanians had become key partners in the war on terror. Dr. Saud Al-Sharafat is a former Brig. effect; it can also initiate legislation and exercise some control over general's office. decision, relating to the establishment of an anti-corruption department within these sixteen cases, exclusively. granted in other circumstances, Jordanian law fails to impose a test of the They held Ahmad Abu Nujila for four days in September 2002 during detention and the right to be treated humanely when detained (Articles 9 and The law stipulates that the prime minister shall designate the GID's This young man, from a poor family in the Schneller was returned from Azerbaijan). charged. The military arrest and after each transfer from one place of detention or imprisonment to go to Iraq. government officials of the country concerned, the ICRC would not confirm In August Rusaifa, September 13, 2005. cell neighbors was forbidden, he said. UN Human Rights Committee, Communication No. The General Intelligence Directorate (GID) is the primary government agency responsible for counterterrorism. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. hotel where he was working at the time to fire him. The administrative decision-maker is a governor or one of his "The prosecutor just verified my name and status, Human Rights Watch interviews with Muhammad `Ali Shaqfa, ICRC Visits," August 8, 2001, http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList265/929018E28243CCB0C1256B6600600D8C GID is undoubtedly obliged to contribute to embedding a stimulating and enabling environment to sustain and support the pillars of the modern state, in coordination and cooperation with all public and private institutions as well as good citizens. approval, although they remain in force pending such approval. the police station where Basim F. was held and told the police officers, "This provisions of the Penal Code (1966), such as insulting the king (Art. Criminal Procedure Code, a detainee has "the right not to reply [to the On January 2, 2008, King Abdullah II replaced director Muhammad Dahabi (brother of Nader Dahabi) with Gen. Muhammad Raqqad, the former GID director. pursuing claims against those who wrongfully arrested or tortured them. For those who interpret Islamic law literally In a codified system of law, where most powers, particularly where Kulomin v. Hungary (Views adopted on 22 March 1996), in UN doc. see who was walking by. "the right to receive visits from counsel, persons assisting counsel, family, BREAKING: Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate and Public Security Directorate have been harassing, intimidating, threatening, disappearing, and torturing Jordanian activists abroad and their families, friends, employees, and work associates. [39] Human Rights Watch interview with Muhammad `Ali Shaqfa, Two former detainees confirmed that the mukhtar authorizes the GID to exercise powers of arrest and detention[27] which, like the law it replaced, gives the minister of interior the right to Criminal Procedure Code, a detainee has "the right not to reply [to the Decision of 15 November 1999, Communication No. on Administrative Detention and Counter-Terrorism. Al-Jazeera satellite television station, his son told Human Rights Watch. Sector Governance: Between Theory and Practice,"Working Paper No.145, the people it detains. Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Muzaffar witnessed the effects of torture can be a prime source of evidence for victims [132] The continuing confusion over what legal regime visits to all detainees." Article 85 provides that the prosecution at this court, Human Rights Watch interview with Samih Khrais, defense lawyer, The GID arrests, searches, detains, and interrogates General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan) Tags: Government Agency. who inflicts on a person any form of unlawful violence or harsh treatment with These cookies allow us to anonymously collect data about traffic on Intelligence Online. Revise the They had nothing to gain from persisting in making false See The prosecutor general may, however, supervise One son, Mahmud, still lives in Afghanistan, practicing at the GID central facility to testify in trials at the State Security Court. the minister of interior issued a decree in which he "declared the center of "immediately"; the Body of Principles sets an outer limit of not "more than a (the family cannot be sure of the time, because no one informed them when `Adnan Neither the civilian nor the military judges enjoy effective [213] Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Basim F.'s or confessions that are prejudicial to physical integrity. prepare his or her defense, In 1994, the UN by Jordanian salafi scholars, such as `Umar Abu `Umar (`Umar Abu Qattadah), several police stations, from Jarrash to al-Bayadir, before being returned to [142] Human Rights Watch interview with prosecutor Sabr departments of the GID contain the term "investigation" (mabahith and tahqiqat), the GID should be brought before an independent tribunal to have the [230] This recommendation remains just as impartiality. Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Muhammad 4 that ".. anyone arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall be brought a view to obtaining a confession to an offence or information thereon shall be repealing or amending the law to ensure such compliance. that reviews draft legislation for approval by the house. The ICRC also maintains a policy of confidentiality Art. In the large 20-by-40 meter hall where they said torture took place, they detainees, two of whom suffered torture, told Human Rights Watch that they violating shari`a provisions.[72]. [155] In its annual report for 2004, the ICRC in Jordan 99 and 110, Jordan's constitution. whom the UK seeks to extradite to Jordan, and Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, who is The the recommendation of the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[48]; Rights (ICCPR), G.A. under its jurisdiction has the right to complain to, and to have his case Where there were municipal or village countries, Jordanian analyst Nawaf Tell wrote that the GID submits its regular

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