"We lost everything" : debt imprisonment in Jordan / Sara Kayyali.

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"Jordan is one of the few countries in the world that still allows debt imprisonment. Failure to repay even small debts is a crime that carries a penalty of up to 90 days in prison per debt, and up to one year for a bounced check; courts routinely sentence people without even holding a hearing. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kayyali, Sara (Author)
Corporate Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization) (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, 2021.
Subjects:
Debt, Imprisonment for > Jordan.
Debt, Imprisonment for.
Jordan.
Physical Description:53 pages ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Debt imprisonment in Jordan
Jordan. [Spine title]
Format: Book

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