At noon yesterday, Monday 28 September 2010, Alkarama learned that Ashraf Muhammad Yusuf Abd Al-Salam was released by Jordanian intelligence services.

Mr Abd Al-Salam Ashraf was arrested on 28 June 2010 following a summons by the General Intelligence Services in Amman. He was immediately arrested, put in secret detention and tortured.

Following his arrest Alkarama sent an urgent appeal on 26 July 2010 to the Special Rapporteur on Torture requestion his intervention with the Jordanian authorities in order to launch a full, neutral investigation into the allegations of torture suffered by Mr. Abd Al-Salam Ashraf during his secret detention, and to identify and punish the malefactors.

Alkarama expresses its concern at the continued abuses carried out by Jordanian police forces and the security and intelligence services and calls upon Jordan to prosecute those responsible for torturing Mr. Abd Al-Salam Ashraf.