In a long history of bad official decisions against press freedom in Jordan, it takes such a scandelous situation to be labelled as the most damaging to the image of press freedom in Jordan. In my own humble opinion, the decision of the so-called Audiovisual Commission to halt the launching of Jordan's first independent TV stations (Al Ghad TV) is the one the wins the title in a landslide victory,... [read more]

I was astonished to read the summary of statements from the Government's Spoksman Nasser Joudeh in his weekly press conference where he stated that there is "no crises between the government and islamists in the light of the municiplaities elections". If withdrawal from the elections, provocating the military and general intelligence and intimidating the state was not a sign of a crises from Islamists... [read more]

Hey folks I want to thank each and everyone of you who has responded to the survey I designed to shed some light on the future of this blog. I appreciate very much the time and effort you have done and it is a fantastic feeling to know the interest from you. The survey started on August 1st and ended on the last hour of August 10th. A total of 31 responses was received from a total of 114 visitors... [read more]