Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Jordanian authorities to release five university students detained over allegations that they desecreted the Quran and engaged in "devil worship".
The Al al-Bayt university students, who were accused of ripping and burning Quran manuscripts while performing a "religious ritual" in a campus bathroom in the city of Mafraq, were assaulted by a crowd of other students before being detained two weeks ago.
HRW's statement, released on Tuesday, also called for the arrest of those who attacked the students.
"The students, who deny the accusations and have neither been charged nor taken before a judge, were assaulted by a crowd of other students, and their attackers should be brought to justice," said HRW.
The US-based rights group said that the sister of one of the detained students said that a group of about 200 other students attacked her sister and four male students on the university campus following the Quran desecration rumour.
"She said the attackers appeared to have targeted the five students because they frequently dress in black and are rock music devotees," the statement said. Full story...
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The Al al-Bayt university students, who were accused of ripping and burning Quran manuscripts while performing a "religious ritual" in a campus bathroom in the city of Mafraq, were assaulted by a crowd of other students before being detained two weeks ago.
HRW's statement, released on Tuesday, also called for the arrest of those who attacked the students.
"The students, who deny the accusations and have neither been charged nor taken before a judge, were assaulted by a crowd of other students, and their attackers should be brought to justice," said HRW.
The US-based rights group said that the sister of one of the detained students said that a group of about 200 other students attacked her sister and four male students on the university campus following the Quran desecration rumour.
"She said the attackers appeared to have targeted the five students because they frequently dress in black and are rock music devotees," the statement said. Full story...
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