Jordanian journalist Mohammad Faraj, from the Al Mayadeen team, was released this Wednesday after being detained for 19 days without charges for speaking out against the Israeli regime.
“Expressing national positions and resistance against the Israeli occupation cannot be considered a crime,” declared the journalist’s family, adding that since his arrest they have only been allowed one visit, during which they found him in poor health.
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The journalist was arrested in Jordan on December 12, while returning from Beirut with his wife, journalist Rana Abi Jomaa.
Faraj, a political program host and documentary producer, was subjected to a “thorough search and interrogation” and taken to an undisclosed location without official explanation.
Nearly 200 media outlets have united in a global protest to condemn the killing of journalists in #Gaza and demand an end to the press blackout imposed by the Israeli occupation.#Palestine https://t.co/xiYt5sppT1
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) September 1, 2025
At Al Mayadeen, the journalist has written hundreds of articles addressing the challenges facing capitalism, arguing that the decline of the United States is evident and that the world is moving eastward. He writes to educate and document, to narrate and explain.
He raises his voice for the cause. Palestinian, she has repeatedly denounced the genocide in Gaza, lived through the war in Lebanon and fights against Israel in the manner of an intellectual who triumphs for the cause of her nation.
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