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Jordan Sentences Bassem Awadallah, Sharif Hassan bin Zaid to 15 Years in Jail in Sedition Case

The Jordanian state security court. (EPA)
The Jordanian state security court. (EPA)
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Jordan Sentences Bassem Awadallah, Sharif Hassan bin Zaid to 15 Years in Jail in Sedition Case

The Jordanian state security court. (EPA)
The Jordanian state security court. (EPA)

A Jordanian state security court has sentenced two former officials to serve 15 years in prison over the sedition case in the kingdom and a plot to undermine its security.

Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid were found guilty of sedition and incitement charges.

The court said it had confirmed evidence backing the charges against the pair and that they had both been determined to harm the monarchy.

Awadallah was charged with agitating to undermine the political system and committing acts that threaten public security and sowing sedition.

The verdict follows three weeks after the first session of the trial was held.

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Tunisian Court Sentences Opposition Leaders to Jail Terms of 13 to 66 Years

Forty people are being tried in the case (Reuters).
Forty people are being tried in the case (Reuters).
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Tunisian Court Sentences Opposition Leaders to Jail Terms of 13 to 66 Years

Forty people are being tried in the case (Reuters).
Forty people are being tried in the case (Reuters).

A Tunisian court handed jail terms of 13 to 66 years to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawyers on charges of conspiring against state security, the state news agency TAP reported on Saturday, citing a judicial official.
The state news agency did not provide further details about the sentences.
Forty people, including high-profile politicians, businessmen and journalists, were being prosecuted in the case. More than 20 have fled abroad since being charged.
Some of the opposition defendants - including Ghazi Chaouachi, Issam Chebbi, Jawahar Ben Mbrak, Abdelhamid Jlassi, Ridha Belhaj and Khyam Turki - have been in custody since being detained in 2023.
"In my entire life, I have never witnessed a trial like this. It's a farce, the rulings are ready, and what is happening is scandalous and shameful," said lawyer Ahmed Souab, who represents the defendants, on Friday before the ruling was handed down.
Authorities say the defendants, who include former officials and former head of intelligence, Kamel Guizani, tried to destabilize the country and overthrow President Kais Saied.
"This authoritarian regime has nothing to offer Tunisians except more repression," the leader of the opposition Workers' Party, Hamma Hammami, said.
Saied rejects accusations that he is a dictator and says he is fighting chaos and corruption that is rampant among the political elite.