hence make the necessary recommendations to ensure the non-recurrence of any such
violations in the future.
In light of the facts and realities that have been substantiated and verified by the Centre as a
result of gathering and analyzing the information and evidences, the Center stressedthe
urgent need to take the following recommended actions to ensure that all citizens' civil and
political rights, especially the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the right to
peaceful assembly and the right to physical integrity are fully guaranteed :
1) The pressing need for the Committee formed by the Director of the PSD to finalize
its work in expeditious manner and prosecute whoever proved to be committed,
participated, knew, or kept silent on the attacks on the demonstrators and the media
personnel in accordance with fair and transparent procedures, as well as the need
for the dissemination of their outcomes to keep the public opinion informed of the
actions taken. Accordingly an investigation committee was formed, headed by PSD
Assistant Director at the time. The inquiry resulted in the prosecution of everyone
proven to be involved among the PSD personnel as well as the retirement of a
number of officers.
2) claiming the government to compensate all the injured parties among the protesters
and journalists for the losses and injuries including the physical and moral ones
3) Calling for the non-participation of any of the security services affiliated personnel
in the protection of sit-ins, only after receiving an adequate training on the human
rights international standards and the controls on the usages of force during law
enforcement operations. Also he Centers stress in this respect, on the need to take
all necessary measures to ensure the clear identification of every man of the security
forces and gendarmerie involved in law enforcement operations by putting a badge
that cleanly and visibly show his name.
In this connection, the National Center for Human Rights confirms that it had reservations
with regards to the formation of the said committee, as it only includes public security
officers, and stressed the need for the formation of a neutral committee in order to achieve
more transparent and fair results.
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The National Center for Human Rights received six complaints related to the expulsion of
that the official Jordanian authorities a number of refugees for security reasons. It is worth
mentioning here, that the Center, pursuant to Article 3 of the Convention against Torture,
has prevented the implementation of an expulsion decision taken by the Capital Governor
against a Syrian national, due to the availability of substantial grounds for believing that he
would be at risk of torture upon returning back to his homeland. Also a Bahraini national
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