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JORDAN: AYMAN SANDUKA’S SENTENCE UPHELD

UA: Third 26.24

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On September 15, 2025, Jordan’s State Security Court upheld its conviction and five-year prison sentence of political activist, Ayman Sanduka. Ayman Sanduka appealed the September 2025 conviction. In December 2025, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal. Ayman Sanduka was tried for a Facebook post he wrote in October 2023 addressed to the King of Jordan, in which he criticized Jordan’s diplomatic relations with Israel.

The Jordanian authorities must drop all charges and immediately and unconditionally release Ayman Sanduka who is detained for exercising his right to freedom of expression.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: November 13, 2026

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Your Majesty,

I am concerned that political activist and mathematics professor Ayman Sanduka’s appeal to the Court of Cassation was rejected in December 2025, and that Ayman Sanduka is continuing to serve the five-year prison sentence handed down by the State Security Court (SSC) in September 2025 for exercising his right to freedom of expression.

On January 7, 2025, the SSC convicted Ayman Sanduka in relation to a Facebook post addressed to you, the King, in October 2023, in which he criticized Jordan’s diplomatic relations with Israel. In July 2025, the Court of Cassation ruled that Ayman Sanduka’s post did not amount to “incitement to oppose the political regime” but instead “fell under the lesser offense of ‘insulting the King,’” which carries a maximum prison term of three years, and ordered the case to be retried.

The SSC was legally bound under Article 10(c) of the SSC Law to comply with the Court of Cassation’s July 2025 decision. However, instead, on September 15, 2025, the SSC upheld its original ruling convicting Ayman Sanduka of “incitement to oppose the political regime” and to 5 years in prison.

I urge you to ensure that Ayman Sanduka is immediately and unconditionally released as he has been convicted solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression. Pending his release, I urge you to ensure that he is protected from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and has access to adequate medical care on request or as necessary.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

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Ayman Sanduka remains imprisoned for a Facebook post criticizing Jordan’s ties with Israel. Despite a Court of Cassation ruling, the SSC upheld a 5-year sentence. @KingAbdullahII must release him immediately and protect his rights, health, and dignity #UrgentActionNetworkAIUSA

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His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein

Royal Hashemite Court

Amman, Jordan

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Ambassador Dina Kawar

3504 International Drive, NW,

Washington DC 20008

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