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Draft Jordanian Press Law Raises Concerns

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ARTICLE 19 recently released an analysis of the 2004 draft Jordanian Press and Publications Law(PDF File) which highlights a number of areas where the draft law violates international law, beside shedding some light on the positive side of the draft PPL. The existing Press and Publications Law2 is even more problematical and needs to be significantly reworked if the Kingdom is to deliver its stated goals of modernisation and democratisation.

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Posted by Haitham Sabbah on Saturday, November 5, 2005, at 12:42 pm. Filed under Good News, Human Rights, Jordan, Media, Sabbah. Tagged , , , . Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Comments are closed, but you can trackback from your blog.

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