A student at the University Ibid in Jordan is accused of
lees majesty and "causing national strife" on a poem he denies wrote
that criticized the King, Human Rights Watch reported on 3 September 2010 Hakim AL-Shula was arrested his university on July 25, after pamphlets of the poem
under his name spread around campus.
Al-Shula, who claimed he only knew of the leaflets after he was informed by friends, phoned the police after he confronted by three fellow students about the poem, and all four were arrested. Al-Shula lived since July 29 in per-trial detention in Balsa 'prison and the military prosecutor refused his application for bail.
Jordan is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the right to freedom of expression includes. Despite this, Jordan law states that anyone convicted insulting the King to be jailed for between one and three years, and there are several other laws freedom of expression.
Since King Abdul dissolved parliament in November 2009, the government has many 'temporary' laws without parliamentary approval.
Al-Shula, who claimed he only knew of the leaflets after he was informed by friends, phoned the police after he confronted by three fellow students about the poem, and all four were arrested. Al-Shula lived since July 29 in per-trial detention in Balsa 'prison and the military prosecutor refused his application for bail.
Jordan is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the right to freedom of expression includes. Despite this, Jordan law states that anyone convicted insulting the King to be jailed for between one and three years, and there are several other laws freedom of expression.
Since King Abdul dissolved parliament in November 2009, the government has many 'temporary' laws without parliamentary approval.
Iran: Dissident universities must destroy
Iranian Science Minister Karmen Sundanese, has publicly declared that all universities against the Iranian government must razed to the ground, Radio Free Europe reported August 31, 2010.
On 29 August Daneshjou in the Iranian press quoted that "if the supreme leader says something absolutely disagree with our views, we must obey him, no questions asked."
He went on to say that the documents prove that foreign intelligence agencies are looking for students affected by the Iranian government will be made public in the near future.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini recently had a similar sentiment, saying that universities were the targets of "conspiracies enemies".
Universities and student movements in particular, is often a hotbed of dissent within Iran.
Former student leader Ali Ashore told RFE Radio Liberty that in order to follow and support the Iranian regime would be "against the essence of a university", and that "a conspiracy by enemies Iran at universities in Iran is just a myth the establishment used to justify its repressive, restrictive measures against universities ".
Many students and professors are imprisoned in Iran, and Daneshjou 20 university chancellors dismissed in the past three months.
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