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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Majed Dabbas - 120 prisoners from Salafi Jihadist current in Jordan, went on hunger strike since Saturday in protest of "abuse" by the prison administration.

Jordanian Salafi Jihadist Movement' leader, Mohammad al-Shalabi, also known as "Abu Sayyaf",told Ammon News that the prisoners suffering discrimination and jail "bad" conditions. noting that the prison administration did not meet demands the prisoners issued last week for better access to lawyers and family members, speedier trials and an end to alleged mistreatment and torture during interrogation.

Abu Sayyaf demanded the authorities to treat Salafi prisoners like other inmates who convicted in criminal acts.

He stressed that the movement will continue to protest and will escalate their activism if their prisoner's demands are not met .

Despite that, media office of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) denied the reports of abuse and described it as baseless.

According to the Prisons By-laws, inmates who go on a hunger strike are deprived of regular visits, Police told Ammon News over the phone.

Among the 120 hunger strikers are radical cleric Abu Qatada, who was deported from Britain last July after a lengthy legal battle, and Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, a leading al Qaeda thinker, the sources said.