Pictures have begun circulating in some Internet websites showing security forces in Jordan cracking down on women protesters wearing Islamic hijab. |
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Following the revelation, eyewitnesses came forth to confirm that Jordanian security force and riot police had targeted women wearing Islamic headscarves in the March 24 protest rallies and that they pulled the scarves off their heads while beating them.
Jordanian security forces threatened female protesters and told them to leave the rally site, another eyewitness said, adding that shortly afterwards King Abdullah II's mercenaries began hurling stones at the women from the other side of Jamal Abdul Nasser square where the protesters had gathered.
Security forces did nothing to stop plainclothes mercenaries from attacking the protesters.
Following growing public discontent over the country's political and economic situation, a number of citizens staged a rally titled the “March 24 Movement” at Jamal Abdul Nasser square.
Jordanian security forces accompanied by the regime's mercenaries attacked the protesters, killing two people and wounding more than 100 others.
Jordanians want the ouster of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and intelligence chief Mohammed Raqqad. They say that the regime has carried out "crimes against humanity."
Jordan's king, who has already offered a series of concessions to end the protests, has reportedly called for an early election by the end of 2011.
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