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A quick thread on the protests in Jordan today:
1. In Irbid, Jordan’s second largest city, many went out to protest despite the governor threatening to shut it down using to coronavirus public gatherings legislation.
They chant:
“Our demands are constitutional! Freedom! Freedom!”
https://twitter.com/khair_aljabri/status/1292509867547267073?s=21 https://twitter.com/khair_aljabri/status/1292509867547267073
They chant:
“Our demands are constitutional! Freedom! Freedom!”
https://twitter.com/khair_aljabri/status/1292509867547267073?s=21 https://twitter.com/khair_aljabri/status/1292509867547267073
2. Madaba, a small town near Amman (known for its important role in Eastern Christianity) went out in protest today too
https://twitter.com/adalh_taharrur/status/1292511956163866629?s=21 https://twitter.com/adalh_taharrur/status/1292511956163866629
https://twitter.com/adalh_taharrur/status/1292511956163866629?s=21 https://twitter.com/adalh_taharrur/status/1292511956163866629
3. Mafreq, a town in the North close to the Syrian border, also saw its people go to the streets
4. Amman.
A group has taken to the narrow streets saying “God is greater than the oppressor!”
I’m told they want to meet at the Husseini Mosque, also notably site of the 2011 Arab Spring Protests in Jordan.
https://twitter.com/mohammad_ghbari/status/1292517674518536192?s=21 https://twitter.com/mohammad_ghbari/status/1292517674518536192
A group has taken to the narrow streets saying “God is greater than the oppressor!”
I’m told they want to meet at the Husseini Mosque, also notably site of the 2011 Arab Spring Protests in Jordan.
https://twitter.com/mohammad_ghbari/status/1292517674518536192?s=21 https://twitter.com/mohammad_ghbari/status/1292517674518536192
5. Stunning sight as police arrest protestors in Irbid who are screaming “silmiyeh,” or peaceful [protest].
https://twitter.com/alurdunyya/status/1292513498287812611?s=21 https://twitter.com/alurdunyya/status/1292513498287812611
https://twitter.com/alurdunyya/status/1292513498287812611?s=21 https://twitter.com/alurdunyya/status/1292513498287812611
