According to Alalam.ir Website : House of Representatives approved an amendment to the Jordanian Press and Publications Law is subject to news websites that are officially registered, controlled, and Ilesmha registerAnd which sites are recorded for Press and Publications Law, while the sites are registered to the Penal Code and other laws, as observers interpreted the move as a "veiled threat" to the news sites that refuse to registerThe Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications pure aggression had resigned from his post in late June, in protest against amendments to the press law and other laws which he considered that would restrict the freedom of informationA study issued by the Jordanian Media Observatory, a body independent research, the websites ranked first among the various media in terms of daring to criticize the governmentThe center of the protection of journalists and freedom of confirmed rejection of the amendments and the government described it as a new restriction on the freedom of the pressAnd accused Human Rights Watch, the Jordanian government to do what it can to obstruct the freedom of expression in a report issued by the accused where Christoph Wilcke, a researcher at the Middle East on the government of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit work to impede freedom of expression in the Kingdom under the name of the fight against corruptionThe researcher pointed to the existence of a revised draft of the Law Commission to combat corruption allowed to punish the individuals deployed rumors "without right" about the corruption that would lead "to damage the reputation or harm the dignity" of another person, to imprisonment for a period of at least six months, pointing to the resignation of Minister of State for information and communication at the time the project because of pure aggressionWilkie called the Jordanian government to cancel the existing provisions in the Penal Code which would Adkhal peaceful critics to prison for "insulting" the king or government institutions, such as ministries, the army or the judiciary, instead of adding new provisions for the criminalization of libel and slanderWilkie, accused the Jordanian authorities to encroach on the freedom of expression, through the judicial prosecution of journalists under the strict laws, and by the failure to hold the police accountable when they do not move during their journalists were attacked, or when to join the attacks sometimesThis was in reference to the recent attacks suffered by dozens of journalists in Jordan by the policeAmend the laws of the Press and Publication and the fight against corruption, not just the tip of the iceberg violations of media rights and freedom of expression, it is not far away in time, the assault on journalists in the courtyard of palm and the accused - according to human rights reports - is a Jordanian securityA report published by the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists in Jordan that the attacks on media workers by the Jordanian security services during their coverage of events sit "15 July" was a deliberate and intentionalThe report further stated that the public authorities not to prosecute the serious offenders in the courtyard of palm detection involved the suspects and did not initiate an independent investigation and a neutralThe report found that the attack on journalists was deliberate and that it can not be invoked to the security services not to know the reporters after Elbashm jacketsIt stated that "the method of targeting journalists was focused on hitting their hands to prevent them from filming, and that the attacks were widespread and it is part repeatedly from similar attacks have occurred previously, and that the identity of the perpetrators was unknown where there are no names or numbers for public security personnel or other security agencies in the field "Restrict the new freedom of information and expression in Jordan is associated with the campaigns of suppression of protesters demanding the reformIs this is the price of the invoice price of the boot to join the ruling Royal Jordanian monarchies and principalities Cooperation Council countries of the Persian Gulf? ...
Original Text At Alalam.ir
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