Islamists and members of the Egyptian community in Jordan shout slogans protesting the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during a demonstration in Amman, 27 July, 2013 (Photo: Reuters)
Three Jordanian men have been arrested for carrying posters supporting Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official said on Tuesday.
"The three men were arrested last week. They were carrying posters with the slogan of Rabaa," he told AFP.
The yellow posters show a black hand with four fingers raised, symbolising Cairo's pro-Morsi Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp, which was broken up on 14 August, sparking clashes that killed hundreds of protesters.
"The state security court charged the suspects on Monday with acts the government does not approve that would harm Jordan's relations with a brotherly Arab country," the official said.
"One of the suspects was accused of insulting heads of states. The authorities found text messages on his mobile phone's Internet messenger application WhatsApp that insult the Jordanian regime and other regimes."
The three face up to three years in jail if convicted, the official said, adding that the court refused to release them on bail.
Jordan was among the first countries to welcome the ouster of Morsi in 3 July, which was strongly condemned by the kingdom's Muslim Brotherhood.
King Abdullah II, who himself faces challenges at home from Islamists, was the first head of state to visit Egypt, 17 days after the ouster of the Egyptian president.
This story has been edited by Ahram Online
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