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Ex-legislator gets two years in prison for online criticism of government corruption

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the two-year prison sentence imposed by a state security court on 9 October on former parliamentarian (...)

Published on 11 October 2007 Read

Jordan

Jailed cyber-dissident allowed to receive visit from son

Ahmad Oweidi Abbadi, an author and cyber-dissident who has been held for the past three months, was allowed to received a visit from his (...)

Published on 16 August 2007 Read

Jordan

Government censors Al Jazeera again, this time seizing tapes of interview with prince

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the confiscation by the Jordanian authorities of the videotapes of an interview by the pan-Arab (...)

Published on 24 April 2007 Read

Jordan

Three journalists assaulted in parliament after taking photos of brawl between two legislators

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the behaviour of Jordanian legislators who assaulted three press photographers during a parliamentary (...)

Published on 13 December 2006 Read

Jordan

First prison sentences announced for reprinting Mohammed cartoons

Reporters Without Borders protested today against two-month jail sentences imposed yesterday by a Jordanian court on two journalists, Jihad (...)

Published on 31 May 2006 Read

Jordan

Release of two editors arrested for reprinting Mohammed cartoons

Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the release of Jihad Momani, the editor of the weekly Shihan, and Hisham al-Khalidi, the editor of the (...)

Published on 6 February 2006 Read

Jordan

Concern about mounting press freedom violations over Mohammed cartoons

Reporters Without Borders called for the immediate release of Jihad Momani, who was arrested in Amman on the orders of public prosecutor Saber (...)

Published on 4 February 2006 Read

Jordan

Concern about Jordanian parliament’s call for Danish cartoonists to be punished

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about the Jordanian parliament’s call yesterday for the punishment of the cartoonist who drew 12 (...)

Published on 25 January 2006 Read

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