The authorities announced a state of emergency in March to combat COVID-19, giving the Prime Minister sweeping powers allowing for the detention of at least 13 journalists critical of the government and the King, and those accused of “spreading panic about COVID-19”. The COVID-19 lockdown saw a...

This week marks one year since Jordan’s new draconian Cybercrime Law entered into force. This law has proven to be a tool for state repression, stifling dissent and curtailing the human rights of individuals online, including the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and privacy....

One year ago today, on 13 August 2023, Jordan enacted Law No. 17, introducing major amendments to its existing Cybercrimes Law of 2015. The new law expanded the scope of criminal offenses with new provisions which unduly restrict the right to freedom of expression and contravene Jordan’s...

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of Jordan’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 56th Session from 18 June – 12 July 2024.

The Jordanian authorities must immediately cease their crackdown on pro-Gaza protests and immediately release dozens of activists who have been illegally detained solely because of their peaceful criticism of the government’s policies towards Israel, Amnesty International said today. Since 7...

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are seriously concerned about Jordan’s draft cybercrimes law currently being debated in the Jordanian Parliament. The draft legislation will jeopardize digital rights, including freedom of expression and the right to information, and will...

This report documents how women accused of being “absent from home”, eloping, or having sex outside marriage, risk imprisonment without charge or trial in Jordan if male family members complain to the authorities. Provincial governors’ mis(use) their powers to detain women, often for months, until...

The USA’s retrenchment in refugee protection has had profound global effects. For the first time since the US refugee program began in 1980, the USA is no longer the global leader in refugee resettlement. This has been a deliberate choice by the current US administration, executed through a series...

Amnesty International’s public statement during HRC40 session on adopting the Universal Periodic Review outcome on Jordan.

This report documents the state of human rights in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa during 2018. It is composed of a regional overview and 19 country entries, subdivided by key human rights themes.

This public statement documents the state of human rights in Jordan during 2018, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of a regional review of the state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, which includes 18 other country entries.

States have noted the potential mutual benefits of creating stronger links between human rights mechanisms with a view to achieving both greater and more effective implementation of human rights obligations and commitments on the ground and increased accountability for delivering the Post-2015...

The need for action to solve the global refugee crisis is summed up by what is happening in a strip of desert between Jordan and Syria known as the ‘berm’, where more than 75,000 women, men and children have been trapped for almost a year. After Jordan sealed its border with Syria in June, the...