March 17th, 2010
A recent report by the OpenNet Initiative has revealed that search terms in both Arabic and English relating to homosexuality are censored in some Middle Eastern countries. The study showed that the level of censorship on Microsoft’s Bing ranged from
‘substantial’ to ‘pervasive’ and ‘selective’ in Algeria, Syria, Jordan and United Arab Emirates. Other sexually explicit search terms were also found to be censored.
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June 25th, 2009
Poet Islam Samhan has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined of 10,000 dinars (approx. US$14,100), after he used verses from the Quran in his poetry.
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March 20th, 2008
Five Jordanian journalists have been sentenced to prison terms in two separate defamation cases in the past week. Editor Taher al-Adwan and reporter Sahar Qassam, of
Al Arab al Youm, and former editor of
Ad Dustour Osama Sharif and
Ad Dustour reporter Fayez Louzi were each sentenced on 13 March to three months for ‘insulting the judiciary and commenting on its rulings’.
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March 13th, 2008
The Jordanian ministry of the interior has announced increased restrictions on Internet cafés, which are widespread in the country’s cities.
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