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CPJ urges Jordan to drop charges against regional press freedom group

October 3, 2017 11:44 AM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists writes to Jordan’s Attorney General Judge Mohamed Said al-Sharaideh to urge him to drop an investigation into the regional press freedom group, the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists.

A Jordanian Bedouin honor guard stands guard after the ceremony of reopening the Martyrs' Memorial and Museum in Amman, Jordan on December 12, 2016. The head of a Jordanian trade regulatory body on publicly accused a regional press freedom group, the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), of failing to properly register as a non-profit organization. (Reuters/Muhammad Hamed)

Press freedom group harassed in Jordan

September 27, 2017 4:57 PM EDT

The head of a Jordanian trade regulatory body on September 10, 2017, publically accused a regional press freedom group, the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), of failing to properly register as a non-profit organization, and referred the case to Jordan’s attorney general who can then begin legal processes against the group that could…

Khalid Abdel-Hadi, the founder of the Jordanian online magazine My.Kali (Abdullah Dajani)

Jordan blocks access to LGBTQ online magazine

August 8, 2017 3:27 PM EDT

Beirut, August 8, 2017–Jordanian authorities should immediately stop blocking access to the online magazine My.Kali, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

In this 2001 file photo, Jordanian men read a newspaper in a cafe in Amman. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)

Jordan refuses Egyptian journalist entry

July 11, 2017 2:12 PM EDT

New York, July 11, 2017–Jordanian authorities should lift any restrictions on Egyptian Journalist Wael Mamdouh’s ability to travel to the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

The Qatar Airways office in Doha. Gulf countries imposed a ban on Qatari flights and many have announced penalties for those reporting critically on recent tensions with the country. (AFP/STR)

Amid Gulf tensions, press is used as a political pawn

June 8, 2017 5:38 PM EDT

Today Bahrain became the latest Gulf nation to put pressure on news outlets amid political tension, when its Interior Ministry announced that anyone publishing support or sympathy for Qatar faces up to five years in prison. The announcement came the day after the United Arab Emirates used the threat of prison to demarcate how journalists…

Qatar and Jordan's flags, pictured at a soccer match in Doha in 2011. Jordan has revoked the licence for Al-Jazeera amid tensions in the Gulf. (AFP/Karim Jaafar)

Jordan revokes Al-Jazeera license amid Qatar tensions

June 6, 2017 6:04 PM EDT

New York, June 6, 2017–Jordan’s Ministry of Information today revoked the license for Qatar broadcaster Al-Jazeera and said it will close the broadcaster’s Jordanian office. In an announcement reported by the state-run Petra News Agency, the ministry said its actions came after “reviewing the crisis” between Qatar and neighboring Gulf states Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and…