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Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Monday, called upon the Jordanian government to immediately reverse measures displacing the Bedul community from the Petra region through forcible evictions.
Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa deputy director Adam Coogle stated:
Residents have reported that measures such as suspending water services have required them to commute to Um Sayhoun, a village three kilometres away, to access drinking water or collect it from a polluted stream used by restaurants to discard waste. It has also caused damage to residents’ crops as they cannot water trees, requiring them to spend money on food they would not need to purchase otherwise.
After UNESCO designated Petra a World Heritage Site in 1985, the forced relocation of the Bedul’s began as a pretence to conserve Petra’s archeological site. The present wave of evictions and relocations started in late 2024, when authorities targeted approximately 25 families living in caves and tents in Stooh al-Nabi Harun Mountain. Residents explained that the housing complex the authorities plan to relocate them to is in an isolated area with unreliable public transport, making visiting family and the markets difficult.
The Chair of the Board of Commissioners of the Petra Development and Tourism Regional Authority (PDTRA), the national institution dedicated to managing the archeological site and developing the region, Fares al-Braizat positioned the evictions as a component of a plan “to enhance the rule of law” and remove “sources of threat” to the visitors and the global tourist site.
The Bedul clan is recognized by UNESCO as part of Petra’s living heritage. HRW urged Jordanian authorities, UN agencies, and other actors to formally recognize the Bedu as Indigenous people in accordance with international standards.
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Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa deputy director Adam Coogle stated:
According to the reports, the government of Jordan is forcibly evicting the Bedul, one of several Bedouin communities living in the Petra region in the southern part of Jordan. The Jordanian authorities are targeting the community, violating their economic, social, and cultural rights and their rights to housing.
Residents have reported that measures such as suspending water services have required them to commute to Um Sayhoun, a village three kilometres away, to access drinking water or collect it from a polluted stream used by restaurants to discard waste. It has also caused damage to residents’ crops as they cannot water trees, requiring them to spend money on food they would not need to purchase otherwise.
After UNESCO designated Petra a World Heritage Site in 1985, the forced relocation of the Bedul’s began as a pretence to conserve Petra’s archeological site. The present wave of evictions and relocations started in late 2024, when authorities targeted approximately 25 families living in caves and tents in Stooh al-Nabi Harun Mountain. Residents explained that the housing complex the authorities plan to relocate them to is in an isolated area with unreliable public transport, making visiting family and the markets difficult.
The Chair of the Board of Commissioners of the Petra Development and Tourism Regional Authority (PDTRA), the national institution dedicated to managing the archeological site and developing the region, Fares al-Braizat positioned the evictions as a component of a plan “to enhance the rule of law” and remove “sources of threat” to the visitors and the global tourist site.
The Bedul clan is recognized by UNESCO as part of Petra’s living heritage. HRW urged Jordanian authorities, UN agencies, and other actors to formally recognize the Bedu as Indigenous people in accordance with international standards.
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