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Spotlight: Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law

Jordan arrests two journalists over report on finance minister

Jordan arrests two journalists over report on finance minister

19 January 2018
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

The two journalists, who work for the independent news website Jfranews, have been charged under Jordan's Press and Publication Law and Cybercrime Law.

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Jordan Free Expression & the Law

Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj on trial for drawing Jesus

Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj is facing accusations of insulting religion and instigating religious strife over a cartoon depicting depicts Jesus on a cross denouncing the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Patriarch Theophilos III.

‎ Global Voices Advox‎19 November 2017

Jordan Free Expression & the Law

Jordan seeks to muzzle watchdog over foreign funding

The Jordanian government's move against the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists is an attempt to stifle criticism and stigmatise independent NGOs, IPI says.

‎ International Press Institute (IPI) ‎ 8 October 2017

Jordan Censorship Gender

Jordan blocks access to LGBTQ online magazine

A Twitter spat and petty government abuse highlight the need for immediate reform in Jordan.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎13 August 2017

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Jordan revokes "Al-Jazeera" license amid Qatar tensions

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Jordan Censorship 7 June 2017
UAE sentences Jordanian journalist to three years in prison

‎ Human Rights Watch

United Arab Emirates Jordan 17 March 2017
Nahed Hattar's assassination exposes Jordan's dark side

‎ Hiba Zayadin for IFEX

Attacks Jordan 28 September 2016
Gag orders make Jordan's journalists skeptical of reform

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Jordan Free Expression & the Law 31 August 2016
Jordan reintroduces prison terms as punishment for journalists operating online

‎ International Press Institute

Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law 24 November 2015
Journalists, writers in Jordan facing terrorism charges

‎ Human Rights Watch

Jordan Free Expression & the Law 17 July 2015
Jordanian journalist detained over Facebook post

‎ International Press Institute

Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law 16 July 2015
Jordanian court orders arrest of journalist over terrorism reporting

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Jordan Free Expression & the Law 10 July 2015
Jordan urged to meet pledges to end website licensing

‎ International Press Institute

Digital Rights Jordan 25 May 2015
Jordan jails journalist for criticizing Saudi campaign in Yemen

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Jordan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 28 April 2015
Jordanian news site, threatened with closure, reflects on acceding to license requirement

‎ International Press Institute

Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law 16 March 2015
Senior Muslim Brotherhood official sentenced to 18 months in jail in Jordan for criticizing UAE

‎ Human Rights Watch

Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law 19 February 2015
Jordanian prosecutors use 2014 reform loopholes to silence critics

‎ Human Rights Watch

Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law 12 December 2014
Jordanian news website 7iber blocked again under licensing law

‎ International Press Institute

Digital Rights Jordan 3 July 2014
Jordanian police close Iraqi opposition TV station, arrest staff

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Iraq Censorship Jordan Free Expression & the Law 11 June 2014
Amendments to Jordan's Anti-Terrorism Law threaten freedom of expression

‎ Human Rights Watch

Jordan Free Expression & the Law 21 May 2014
Police use violence against protesters in Jordan

‎ Human Rights Watch

Attacks Jordan Freedom of Assembly 1 April 2014
Jordanian security forces crack down on protest calling for prisoner's release

‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

Jordan Freedom of Assembly 21 March 2014
Jordanian journalists prevented from covering parliamentary sessions

‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

Access to Information Jordan 10 January 2014
Rush to aid Syrian refugees overlooks protecting right to privacy

‎ Privacy International

Syria Digital Rights Jordan 21 November 2013
Jordanian security forces raid daily newspaper's headquarters

‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

Attacks Jordan Free Expression & the Law 8 November 2013
Protesters in Jordan on trial for "undermining regime"

‎ Human Rights Watch

Jordan Freedom of Assembly 2 November 2013
Jordan urged to release publisher, editor jailed for linking to online video

‎ International Press Institute

Jordan Free Expression & the Law 25 October 2013
Jordan's prosecutors invoke old penal code to limit rights

‎ Human Rights Watch

Jordan Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 23 October 2013
Jordan fails to implement U.N. recommendations regarding press freedom

‎ Human Rights Watch

Digital Rights Jordan Free Expression & the Law 9 October 2013
International free expression groups call for an end to Internet censorship in Jordan

‎ International Press Institute

Digital Rights Censorship Jordan 7 October 2013

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Jordan

Prodemocracy activists were detained and prosecuted for their online activities

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Jordan

In October, the government ruled that defamation charges against journalists and media outlets would be brought under the cybercrimes law, opening the way for prison sentences for offenders.

Freedom House 24 April 2016
Freedom on the Net 2015: Jordan

Facebook posters critical of "friendly" states increasingly under threat of arrest

Freedom House 31 October 2015

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