27 April 2012
Alerts - Jordan
25 April 2012
Jordan
The case is the fifth time in 2012 that peaceful critics have faced charges for speech offenses, a pattern that undermines the credibility of the authorities' reform efforts, Human Rights Watch said.
6 April 2012
Jordan / Oman
Ammar Ma’amari, a blogger known for his criticism of the Omani authorities, has been asked by the Jordanian intelligence service to pack his bags in anticipation of a deportation order.
3 April 2012
Jordan
Thirteen people have been charged with speech crimes after police violently broke up a demonstration at a police station.
26 March 2012
Jordan
The article, which was published in the
al-Arab al-Yawm newspaper, was critical of unemployment, corruption, and the government's handling of recent protests in the city of al-Tafila.
15 March 2012
Jordan
Security services detained Saed al-Awran, Yasser al-Sabalyeh, Fady al-Ubaideen, and Majdy al-Kabaylee following their participation in a sit-in in al-Tafila district to demand job opportunities for the unemployed residents of the district.
27 February 2012
Jordan
In a media interview, Dr. Ahmad al-Oweidi al-‘Abbadi said that “[t]he republican system is coming here to Jordan, and I do not believe it will take more than two years, at most” to establish.
27 February 2012
Jordan
A man reportedly stabbed Enass Musallam in the stomach and threatened to kill her if she did not stop blogging about political reform in the country.
20 January 2012
Jordan
The military prosecutor has charged 18-year old activist 'Uday Abu 'Isa with "undermining his majesty’s dignity" for burning the king’s image on 11 January.
22 December 2011
Jordan
Mohamed Jameel was inexplicably arrested and deported to Britain after arriving, along with his family, at the Queen Alia International Airport.
17 November 2011
Jordan
A group of protestors stormed Aljazeera's office in Amman one day after the headquarters of the Jordanian newspaper "Al-Ghad" were attacked.
28 September 2011
Jordan
ANHRI is concerned that the new law will protect corrupt officials and penalise journalists who try to uncover it.
28 July 2011
Jordan
"The protests against AFP in Amman have taken a disturbing turn, with the demonstrators using threats and violence," RSF said.
19 July 2011
Jordan
On 15 July, security forces beat and injured 16 journalists in identifying orange vests during a demonstration and planned sit-in, including two who suffered broken bones.
28 June 2011
Jordan
Former minister Taher Adwan said he opposed repressive laws being debated by Parliament and called for press freedom to enable credible political reforms.
22 June 2011
Jordan
Some 300 Jordanians demanded the bureau's closure after the release of a news report saying that the king's motorcade had been attacked during his visit to the southern governorate of Tafileh.
20 April 2011
Jordan
Six men raided the office of the Al-Muharrir website in Amman, threatening its staff and destroying equipment.
20 April 2011
Jordan
The rights of students to free expression have been violated by intelligence officers and university administrations applying repressive regulations, Human Rights Watch says.
6 April 2011
Jordan / Syria
Yasser Abu Hilala, Al-Jazeera's Amman bureau chief, told CPJ that his office received death threats via telephone as well as on Facebook and email.
29 March 2011
Jordan
The investigation should include the security forces' failure to prevent violence by government supporters against protesters demanding reform, Human Rights Watch said.
11 February 2011
Jordan
Ammon News published a joint statement by 36 powerful tribal figures calling for democratic and economic reforms and warning of civil unrest if they were not implemented quickly.
13 December 2010
Jordan
Tahir Nassar, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the 9 November elections, was charged with "stirring up sectarian strife" in his election manifesto.
3 September 2010
Jordan
RSF continues to call for the repeal of the law as it still grants the authorities arbitrary restrictive powers.
13 August 2010
Jordan
The penalties, which range from fines to forced labour, depend on the content posted. The authorities have invoked the need to defend the public interest and regulate the online "chaos".
6 August 2010
Jordan
Claiming that "browsing the internet is a waste of work time," the Jordanian has government blocked more than 40 independent news websites from being seen by civil servants.
9 June 2010
Jordan
Internet café owners were ordered to install surveillance cameras and log website information and browsing data for no less than six months.
18 May 2010
Jordan
The arrest of Mohammed Al-Sunaid is aimed at silencing him, as he often defends labourers' rights against abuse, says ANHRI.
18 May 2010
Jordan
Abdel Halim Kandil was surprised when airport security officials stopped him, seized his passport and detained him without reason.
17 March 2010
Jordan
The corruption allegations involve the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company and several leading national figures, according to CPJ.
26 February 2010
Jordan
The defendants were accused of "supporting Shi'ism" in a book that was published under the title, "Letters of the Sheikh Neil . . . Reviewing Islamic Thought".
12 February 2010
Jordan
A prosecutor has ordered Mwaffaq Mahadin and Sufian Tell to be held for criticising the Jordanian intelligence services' assistance to the US against Al-Qaeda.
14 January 2010
Jordan
A Court of Cassation ruling empowers authorities to prosecute or impose fines on journalists, bloggers and editors for publishing online material that may be deemed offensive.
9 July 2009
Jordan
RSF condemns the Jordanian government's closure of the Amman bureaux of two satellite TV stations that are funded by the Iranian government.
24 June 2009
Jordan
A Jordanian court has issued a ruling sentencing Islam Samhan to one year in prison and fining him 10000 JD (approx. US$14,100).
30 April 2009
Jordan
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that Khaled Mahadin, a well-known columnist who writes for the government-owned "Al Rai" newspaper, has been acquitted of insulting Parliament in an article he posted on the website Khabberni on 13 February 2009, criticising the personal expenses of parliamentarians. Mahadin, aged 68, was an adviser to the late King Hussein.
14 January 2009
Jordan
(AAI/IFEX) - On 9 January 2008, Yasser Abu Hilaleh, the Al Jazeera network's bureau chief in Amman, was beaten by riot police while covering a demonstration in Rabia. Abu Hilaleh, who was reporting on the protest involving clashes between demonstrators and the Gendarmerie Forces, was approached by two individuals dressed in civilian clothing who asked him to leave the scene and threatened to assault him.
16 December 2008
Jordan
(ANHRI/IFEX) - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information reports that Jordanian intelligence prevented Gamal Eid, ANHRI's executive director, from entering Jordan on the night of 15 December 2008 and detained him for six hours at Amman's Alia airport before deporting him to Cairo.
9 December 2008
Jordan
(AAI/IFEX) - The following is a 6 December 2008 AAI statement:
14 November 2008
Jordan
(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:
3 November 2008
Jordan
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders urges the state security court to withdraw its case against Fayez Al-Ajrashi, editor-in-chief of the privately owned weekly "El-Ekhbariya", who was released from Al-Juweida prison (15 km south of Amman) on 2 November 2008 after paying 3,000 dinars (approx. 3,300 euros) in bail. Al-Ajrashi is still facing charges of "inflaming sectarian strife" and "sowing national discord."
31 October 2008
Jordan
(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 30 October 2008 CPJ press release:
24 October 2008
Jordan
(ANHRI/IFEX) - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) denounces the campaign undertaken by the Jordanian Mufti and Muslim Brotherhood against journalist and poet Islam Samhan following the release of his first work of poetry, "Elegant as a Shadow," in March 2008. The Mufti has accused Samhan of apostasy because of the content of some of his poetry. Both the Mufti and the Muslim Brotherhood claim that some of the lines insult Islam. ANHRI also condemns the order issued by Jordan's public prosecutor to imprison Samhan for fifteen days while an investigation is under way.
23 June 2008
Jordan
(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 20 June 2008 IPI letter to the Jordanian justice minister:
18 March 2008
Jordan
(AAI/IFEX) - On 16 March 2008, in two separate legal cases, five journalists were sentenced to three months in prison by the Court of First Instance in Amman for alleged violations of the penal code.
11 March 2008
Jordan
(HRinfo/IFEX) - HRinfo has denounced decisions announced by the Jordanian ministry of the interior increasing restrictions on internet cafés in Jordan, on the pretext of maintaining security, through installing cameras to monitor users of these cafés. HRinfo also emphasized that these procedures are a real retreat from freedom to use the Internet and the right to exchange information.
11 October 2007
Jordan
(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is outraged by the two-year prison sentence imposed by a state security court on 9 October 2007 on former parliamentarian Ahmad Oweidi Abbadi, for "attacking the state's prestige and reputation" by criticising government corruption on his party's website.
1 October 2007
Jordan
(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 28 September 2007 Human Rights Watch press release:
25 September 2007
Jordan
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has criticized the government's extension of the press law to cover online publications as "damaging to the freedom of expression that the Internet ensures in a country such as Jordan, where the media is tightly controlled." It called for the measure to be cancelled.
23 May 2007
Jordan
(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 22 May 2007 Human Rights Watch press release:
14 May 2007
Jordan
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned the 3 May 2007 arrest of former Jordanian parliamentarian Ahmad Oweidi Abbadi after he accused King Abdallah's government of corruption in an open letter to US Senator Harry Reid, which he posted on the Internet.
7 May 2007
Jordan
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 4 May 2007 ARTICLE 19 press release:
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