Hundreds of Jordanian women marched in Abdun District...

Hundreds of Jordanian women marched in Abdun District in western Amman, appealing to the Qatari people to help release Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali.
Al-Majali, who worked for the Qatari state television, was condemned to death in Doha on October 23 on espionage charges.
Participants in the peaceful march said the Qatari Supreme Court ruling will hinder bilateral relations between the two countries.
Firas's mother urged the emir of Qatar, Shaykh Hamad Bin-Jasim, to free her son, insisting that he is innocent and that charges against him were baseless.
Jordan's Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghib said he was shocked at the verdict. He said the government was following up the developments of Al-Majali's case and hoping he would be treated fairly and realistically in the appeals procedure.
The president of the Jordan Press Association, Nabil Ghishan, urged the Arab Journalist Federation and international media organizations, as well as human rights bodies, to immediately intervene to stop the death sentence on Majali. He expressed astonishment of the severe ruling against the Jordanian journalist, saying it demonstrates a tense political situation.