Salafist inmates begin hunger strike in Jordan prisons

Forty Salafist inmates have begun an open-ended hunger strike at a Jordanian detention center to protest their prison conditions and alleged ill-treatment, the prisoners' lawyer said.

"The 40 Salafists are in prison pending trial on charges related to the Syria issue," lawyer Moussa al-Abdallat told Anadolu Agency by phone.

"They have started the hunger strike to protest bad detention conditions," he added.