Jordan jails two senior figures convicted of plotting coup
A court in Jordan has found a former royal court chief and a relative of King Abdullah guilty of sedition and incitement against the monarchy./ Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, who denied the charges, were both sentenced to 15 years in prison./ The two men were detained in April, when former Crown Prince Hamzah was placed under house arrest over an alleged plot to destabilise the nation./ Prince Hamzah, who is the king's half-brother, did not face any charges./ The king said he had decided to deal with his case "within the ...
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