Affrontements à عمان Amman – 21 janvier 2012
Clashes erupt in Amman protest
zawya.com
22 Jan 2012
AMMAN — Clashes erupted between pro-reform demonstrators and counter-protesters in downtown Amman on Friday, the latest in a series of what activists claim are coordinated attacks designed to bring an end to the year-old movement.
In a so-called Friday of « rights, not charity », some 40 leftists and youth activists marched in downtown Amman, calling for free education, health insurance and greater government efforts to control prices in the local market.
Tensions were present early on in the small-scale protest, as some one-dozen counter-protesters scuffled with police in an attempt to attack the demonstrators, who they claimed were « destroying the country ».
Amidst repeated attempts by counter-protesters to break the wall of policemen and Gendarmerie forces surrounding the pro-reformists activists chanted « your threats will not stop us » and « we are not afraid of thugs ».
After several counter-protesters managed to break through the line of security, authorities increased the number of anti-riot forces separating the two rival camps.
In their chants, leftists and youth activists called on authorities to « prosecute the thugs », referring to the lack of arrests in connection with a series of attacks on pro-reformists dating back to February 2011. Read more …
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