Jordan arrests over 200 protesters

Jordanian authorities have arrested more than 200 people who had protested the death of six patients due to a lack of oxygen at a hospital ward treating coronavirus patients in the town of Salt.

Lawyer Alaa Al-Hiyari said the protesters’ legal team had applied for their release on bail more than once, but the requests had been rejected, although some of the detainees suffer from chronic diseases.

Last week, eight patients died in the capital, Amman, due to a shortage of oxygen supplies.

Source Link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210323-jordan-arrests-over-200-protesters-over-hospital-oxygen-deaths/