For poor Jordanians, debt trap is often a prison cell

Kamal Taha AMMAN (AFP) – Cash-strapped and struggling to care for his two disabled children, Mohammad Sabha took out a loan. Now he fears ending up in a Jordanian prison because he can’t repay it. He would join thousands already behind bars for similar infractions in the kingdom, where debt law is draconian and disproportionately
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