Fear that a new law against terrorism is really designed as weapon against Jordanian journalists | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Amman, Jordan – Last January, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania marched alongside world leaders in Paris following the Charlie Hebdo attacks to stand for freedom of expression. But at home, when Jordanian activist Bassem al-Rawabdeh criticised the royal couple’s participation in the march on his Facebook page, he was arrested under the country’s “anti-terror”…