A former top adviser to Jordan’s King Abdullah II and a relative of the monarch on Monday pleaded not guilty to sedition and incitement charges, The Associated Press reported.
The defendants are Bassem Awadallah, the former royal court chief, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a distant cousin of the king. They are accused of conspiring with Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king, to foment unrest against the monarch while soliciting foreign help.
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