Once again the Jordanian authorities succeed in proving itself as the major leading security practices of the region.  As if a major country cannot afford the participation of young activists in a seminar on its land, the authorities hasten to detain them the minute they arrive, keep them under arrest and investigations for an entire night before it deports them, on the first morning flight the day after.

Three comrades from the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth-ULDY, President Ali Mteirek and members of the Executive Bureau, Mona Awali and Assem Tarhini were arrested on their way to attend and participate in a seminar organized by the “Jordanian Democratic Youth Union -JDYU” as well as Jordanian militants and political activists entitled: “Models & Prospects of Change in the Arab World”, in order to exhibit the struggle for change in Lebanon under the dominating sectarian regime, to be surprised by another oppressor regime, labeling this act as exceeding the allowable limits set in a country where  tolerated acts are now less than few. (more…)

In the month of Ramadan, celebrated now by Muslims around the world, the clerics of several mosques in Jordan oriented their speeches against communism and against the struggles of our comrades in Jordan. A campaign of hatred and illusion was launched by the clerics against the secular and democratic forces in Jordan, particularly the communists there in an organized aggression.

The role of the authorities remains suspicious especially that it prevents the clerics from saying any political comment when it comes to criticizing the government policies and loyal parties, while it remains silent despite strong statements and calls of division, sectarian intolerance and hatred against the progressive forces.

WFDY expresses its solidarity with the democratic movement in Jordan and with the Jordanian communists who face now an aggression to destroy their image as a progressive and democratic secular party struggling for the interests of all the Jordanian people.

WFDY calls the Jordanian government to take action and prevent the clerics from interfering in politics, particularly stopping the waves of aggression and hatred against the democratic movement.

WFDY asks its members to show support and condemn the sectarian practices against the democratic movement in Jordan and the Arab world, and also condemn the suspicious silence of the Jordanian government towards those attacks.