A series of protests began in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
on 15 December 2022, over
rising gas prices.
History
The protesting workers, which include goods and passenger transport drivers, are demanding reduction in fuel prices and cancellation of special taxes on fuel derivatives. So far, one senior police officer has been killed after being shot in the head, and three more were killed during a raid carried out to arrest the suspects. One of the suspects, described as a "fighter", was killed. There have also been reports of anti-riot police throwing tear gas during the protests, and youths have clashed with police northeast of
Amman. Protesters have staged in the Tafiyla neighborhood of Amman, where police have clashed with protesters saying anti-government slogans. Youths burned tires on a main highway between Amman and the
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...
, disrupting the traffic, and highways connecting Amman to
Irbid
Irbid ( ar, إِربِد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela (Άρβηλα in Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek), is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in ...
and
Karak Karak may refer to:
Places
* Al-Karak or Kerak, city and Crusader castle in Jordan
** Karak Governorate, Jordan
* al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate
* Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
* Karak, Iran (disambiguation) ...
have been shut down. Youths also clashed with police in several neighborhoods in Irbid threw stones in smaller towns. Some protesters have threatened to stage street protests.
In response to the violent protests, Jordan has imposed a temporary ban on popular social media platform TikTok. In a statement, the Public Security Directorate said the widely used but controversial platform was suspended as it was used "for glorifying hate speech and for inciting chaos, attacking law enforcement agencies, and property and blocking roads".
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Protests
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
December 2022 events in Asia
2022
File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...
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