The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest of two members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Jordan —comrades Dr. Omar Awad and Osama Zain Aldin— on the night of March 8, 2025 by Jordanian authorities. We equally denounce the arrest, some days before —on March 4— of the university student and militant Bahaa Aldin Elayyan. The PCTE demands the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested.
Such arrests are not isolated facts. They answer to a systematic offensive of the monarchy against the forces whose political —completely legitimate— activity is uncomfortable for a regime that is acting as the key piece of the imperialist order in the area. Anti-communist repression is, in this context, a useful tool for the bourgeois State — hence our solidarity with the Communist Party of Jordan is also a matter of class.
These repressive actions are taking place at a time of maximum tension in the region, where the USA and its NATO partners have increased their military presence and their policy of destabilization in all the area, with Israel as their battery ram.
In light of these events, the PCTE demands:
- The immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Omar Awad, Osama Zain Aldin, and Bahaa Aldin Elayyan.
- An end to all persecution and harassment to members and leaders of the Communist Party of Jordan.