Hamza, the half-brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan, was made crown prince by the late King Husson I, but when Husson I died, Hamza was considered too young to be competent, so he was succeeded by his elder brother Abdullah II. Hamza, who had earlier been rumored to be under house arrest and other members of the royal family, revealed that the government had made the move to suppress his criticism of the authorities.
According to the BBC, in a video passed to the BBC by Hamza's lawyer, Hamza said that when the Jordanian Army Chief of Staff came to visit, he was told that he was not allowed to go out, interact with people or meet people. Hamza said Jordanian authorities did so because he had criticized the government or the king at meetings he had attended in the past or on social media he had used.
Hamza noted that he is not the one who caused the Jordanian government to have a breakdown in governance, corruption and incompetence over the past 15 to 20 years, and that the situation is getting worse and worse, to the extent that people are threatened, arrested or harassed whenever they express their opinion on anything.
In addition to Hamza's house arrest, former Jordanian Finance Minister Avadallah and royal family member Zeid were both arrested. Awadala is the backbone of Jordan's economic reforms, but his innovation policies are often blocked by the government's entrenched bureaucracy.
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