A sit in by the Jordanian opposition in solidarity with trade unions

Scores of leaders if the Jordanian opposition trade Unions and opposition party leaders and their supporters on Sunday organized a sit-in in front of the Parliament in protest of the decision to prevent vocational trade unions from practicing political activities and government harassment of public life.

A security force escorted the observers of the sit-in who were exposed to an attack organized by their opponents believed to be the supporters of the government.

The attackers removed the banners raised by the observers of the sit-in criticizing with the government and clashed in hands with the representatives of the trade Unions and the parties.

Chairman of the trade union's anti normalization committee, Badi Rafay'ah, and seven of his colleagues during the sit in roped themselves and shut their mouths with plasters in a measure aiming to symbolize the pressure practiced by the government against the trade union.

The rotating president of the opposition parties committee Saeed Ziab stressed in a speech he delivered on this occasion the cling of the political and trade union forces to the freedom of expression. In the name of the parties which organized the sit-in, he deplored the harassment on public freedom, stressing the right of the trade unions to carry out activities pertinent to Jordan, Palestine and Iraq.