28 May 2021
Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18
On 27 May, Asliddin Khudaiberdiyev was jailed for teaching five boys and six adult men how to read the Koran and pray. The jailing followed a police and secret police raid on a Samarkand Region mosque as Muslims were preparing to worship. The raid came as the regime publicly announced and implemented increased restrictions across the country on under-18s attending mosques. Also, Religion Law changes are still going through parliament but the regime continues to hide the text its parliament is discussing.
On 27 May, a Judge in Samarkand Region jailed Muslim teacher Asliddin Khudaiberdiyev for 15 days to punish him for teaching men and boys in a mosque how to read the Koran and say the namaz prayer. Judge Aziz Akramov refused to explain to Forum 18 why he jailed Khudaiberdiyev for 15 days. The jailing followed a police and secret police raid on the mosque.
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NCHR report sheds light on human trafficking cases
By Batool Ghaith - Feb 17,2021 - Last updated at Feb 17,2021
AMMAN The number of human trafficking cases investigated in 2019 reached 205, according to the annual report of the National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) on the situation of human rights in Jordan for the year 2019.
The report revealed that 155 of the investigated cases were related to labourers, 13 of which were referred to the Public Prosecutor.
The number of victims was nine, and the number of perpetrators was 28, while approximately 97 victims were sheltered in each of “Dar Karama” for the Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking and the Women’s Union in Jordan.
“We address two issues in the annual report, the first is the right to work and the second is the right to a fair trial. The report also discusses the issue from a legal point of view and includes recommendations from NCHR,” Saif Al Junaidi, head of the Legislation Unit at NCHR, told The Jordan Times on Wednesday.
Its official! The House of Commons has recognized Feb 22 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada. #humantrafficking#cdnpoli#endslaveryhttps://t.co/PbGdHjAYiT Arnold Viersen, MP (@ArnoldViersen) February 16, 2021
Junaidi noted that the most prominent recommendation is the inclusion of begging under human trafficking crimes along with the detention, concealment, or destruction of travel or residence documents or identity cards for workers in Jordan.
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