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Thousands of Jordanians could face jail for debt next month
A human rights watchdog on Sunday called on Jordan to end debt imprisonment, weeks before the expiration of a moratorium on the practice.  “By permitting imprisonment for debts, Jordan puts tens of thousands at risk of being sent to prison not for any crime, but for taking out loans to cover essentials like rent, food, or medical treatment,” Sara Kayyali, senior Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement. Jordan is among a handful of countries worldwide in which people can be imprisoned if they cannot pay back their debts.  In March 2021, then in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic , Jordanian authorities issued a one-year moratorium on arresti

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