Monday, January 4, 2010

Jordan’s Security Forces Disperse Protest Near Egypt’s Embassy


"Jordanian security forces installed on Sunday several roadblocks on roads leading to the Egyptian Embassy in Amman to prevent protesters from reaching the Egyptian Embassy to protest Cairo’s construction of the steel wall along its borders with Gaza.....

The protesters carried signs calling on Egypt to stop the construction of the “Wall of Shame”, and to act on lifting the unjust Israeli siege on Gaza.

The security forces also detained the head of a local committee against normalization with Israel while he was near the Egyptian embassy.

Local sources in Amman reported that a number of protesters were also detained by the Jordanian police......"

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