In a letter to the speaker of Jordan's Chamber of Deputies made public today, Human Rights Watch criticizes the draft press and publications law that the government presented to parliament last week. The law imposes sweeping restrictions on the content of anything printed in Jordan, and gives vast powers to the information ministry to suspend newspapers, censor and ban books, and prohibit the entry of foreign publications.
HRW's Letter to Chamber of Deputies speaker Sa'd Hayel Srour
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