Friday, March 25, 2011

At least one dead and hundreds injured in demonstrations in Jordan

At least one person died and more than a hundred were injured today in clashes between opponents and loyal to the Jordanian monarchy Gamal Abdul Nasser Square, near the Ministry of Interior of the capital, Amman. Protesters of all kinds, Islamists, liberals and liberals have several weeks and sit-ins staged protests demanding a constitutional monarchy.

Hours after the clashes, Khairy Saad Amer, hainformado the agency that her father, Khairy, 57, died in hospital from the beating of the security forces. About 200 supporters of the monarchy of King Abdullah, according to figures from AFP, approached the spot where protesters camped among which dominates the Youth Group on March 24.

The security forces have intervened to establish a separation fence between the two sides, a move that has not prevented the launch of stone regime loyalists to the campers in the square. Shocks to each other, Jordanian riot police responded with water cannons. "The thugs [loyal to the monarchy] threw stones from one side while the police attacked the demonstrators with sticks to move it backward," he told one of the campers, Mahmoud Hamawi.

They cried during the day against the interference of intelligence in political activities and demanded the resignation of its director, Mohamed Raqqa. "People want to overthrow the political party" loyalists have shouted the monarquíasujetando pictures of King Abdullah. The Jordanian government earlier this month announced the formation of a committee for dialogue with the appeals of the population to the implementation of reforms.

The Islamists have refused to join this panel will not address arguing that constitutional changes.

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