Roya TV
UNDESIRABLE STREET INTERVIEWS
JORDAN
In a report from the heart of a low-income neighbourhood in Amman in April, Roya TV asked residents what they thought of the government-ordered lockdown that was preventing employees in most sectors of the economy from working. "What am I going to do now, sell drugs?” one of the residents responded. The reference to illicit substances in his cry of distress was too much for the authorities. Roya TV general manager Fares Sayegh and news director Mohamed Al-Khalidi were immediately arrested and were held for several days.
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