Attacks on Justice 2000 – Jordan

Middle East and North Africa
Issue: Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Document Type: Publication
Date: 2001

There have been several examples of government interference with the judiciary over recent years such as allegations that judges have been reassigned temporarily to another court or judicial district in order to remove them from a particular case.

Individuals to be tried before the State Security Court are usually held in pre-trial detention without access to lawyers until shortly before trial, and trials are frequently held in camera.

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