Websites blocked as growing signs Jordan dictatorship in media clampdown on local journalism

Jordan blocks 254 news websites

AFP – The Jordanian government said on Tuesday that it had blocked 254 unlicensed news websites, 16 of them in the previous two days, using powers under a 2012 law criticised as a threat to freedom of expression. Fayez Shawabkeh is head of the Press and Publication. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles