On April 4, Jordan’s former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein released a video through his lawyer to the BBC, which stated that he was under house arrest due to criticism he voiced toward the government. Hamzah is the half-brother of King of Jordan Abdullah II, who has been reigning since 1999. In the video, Hamzah accused the Jordanian government of “corruption, incompetence and harassment.” According to Hamzah, the government was not accusing him of making the criticism himself.