Dokument #1007863
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The New Leader quotes Tahreer
spokesman Atta Abu Rushteh as stating that
[t]he Tahreer Party does not agree with any political system in the
Islamic world. ... It is doing its best to establish an Islamic
state, and so it is working against these [Jordanian] rulers" (6
May 1991).
The spokesman maintains that "[w]e support
the struggle against the Jordanian government, the intellectual and
political struggle" (ibid.). The spokesman adds that "his party
would not participate in any Jordanian election if it had to
declare allegiance to the Constitution" (ibid.). Country Reports
1993 states that Jordanian authorities detained
a number of Islamists in 1993 for alleged affiliation with or
membership in an illegal political organization, the Islamic
Liberation Party (Hizb Al-Tahrir Al-Islami) which advocates the
violent overthrow of the Jordanian Government, the abrogation of
Constitution, and the adoption of Islamic law as the foundation of
the state (1994, 1217).
The source mentions that several Tahreer
detainees, including its leaders Ata (Atta) Abu Rishteh (Rushteh or
al-Rushta) and Bakr Al-Khawlidah (al-Khawalidah), were released
"after 6 months in incommunicado detention. There are unconfirmed
reports that up to 10 Hizb Al-Tahrir party members remained in
detention without charges at the end of [1993]" (ibid.). Amnesty
International Report 1994 confirms the detention and November
1993 release of Tahrir Party official spokesperson Ata Abu Rishteh
and president Bakr Al-Khawlidah (1994, 180). According to the
report, these leaders stated that their party "did not advocate
violence in pursuit of its aims" (ibid.).
According to The New Leader,
Jordanian police "rounded up several members" of the Tahreer Party
in 1991 (6 May 1991).
The attached Al-Ribat article
reports on the Tahreer rejection of the 1991 Arab-Israeli peace
conference (22 Oct. 1991).
The Jordanian parliament adopted new
legislation on political parties and the press in July 1992.
According to Europa 1994, "subject to certain conditions,
political parties were formally legalized, in preparation for the
country's first multiparty elections" (1994, 1649). The attachment
from Al-Ra'y, which provides the text of this legislation
stipulating the criteria for legalizing political parties, might be
useful.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Al-Ribat [Amman, in Arabic]. 22
October 1991. "Al-Tahrir Party Rejects Peace Plans."
(FBIS-NES-91-207 25 Oct. 1991, p. 42)
Amnesty International. 1994. Amnesty
International Annual Report 1994. New York: Amnesty
International USA.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1993. 1994. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
The Europa World Year Book 1994.
1994. Vol. 1. London: Europa Publications.
The New Leader. 6 May 1991.
Donald Kirk. "Jordan Inches Toward Democracy: Counting on the
Center; Drafting and Implementing the 'National Charter'."
(NEXIS)
Al-Ra'y [Amman, in Arabic]. 21
August 1992. "'Text' of 1992 Political Parties Draft Law."
(FBIS-NES-92-166 26 Aug. 1992, pp. 31-35)
Al-Ribat [Amman, in Arabic]. 22
October 1991. "Al-Tahrir Party Rejects Peace Plans."
(FBIS-NES-91-207 25 Oct. 1991, p. 42)
The Europa World Year Book 1994.
1994. Vol. 1. London: Europa Publications, p. 1649.
The New Leader. 6 May 1991.
Donald Kirk. "Jordan Inches Toward Democracy: Counting on the
Center; Drafting and Implementing the 'National Charter'."
(NEXIS)