Jordan: Possible prisoner of conscience/Legal concern, Fawaz Zurayqat.

Index Number: MDE 16/009/2003
Date Published: 24 March 2003
Categories: Jordan, Middle East And North Africa

Fawaz Zurayqat, a businessman and station manager of Arab Television (ATV), a new English-language satellite channel with offices in London and Baghdad was detained on 3 March. He is being held without charge at the headquarters of the General Intelligence Department in the capital Amman. Amnesty International considers him to be a possible prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful expression of his political beliefs.