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Jordan
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The concept of public order founded on the supremacy of law has
been stressed by Hussein throughout his reign as a prerequisite to
internal stability and the achievement of national development
goals. In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution,
public order has been successfully maintained through legally
established instruments: comprehensive codes of law enforced by a
professional police force and an independent judiciary. The police
and the General Intelligence Department (GID), generally known as
the Mukhabarat from the Arabic name Dairat al Mukhabarat, a
civilian agency, exercised broad powers to monitor disruptive
segments of the population. The scope of police and GID powers at
times have become a source of contention from a human rights
standpoint, although in nonsecurity cases legal norms had been
generally observed by police and judicial authorities.
Data as of December 1989
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