1. Does the Jordanian regime risk falling as has been the case in Tunisia and Egypt? No demonstrator has yet publicly called for the end of the monarachy on the contrary many insist on it. Jordanians are generally supportive of the present monarchy and the King, however demonstrators are requiring

Change to democracy in many Arab countries hinges on their people being able to enjoy two basic rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the right to assembly and freedom of expression. For decades, most Arab rulers have denied their people these rights, using a multiplicity of

With the government already screaming about the media, will we ever get a real environment of press freedom in Jordan? IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG for the new administration to get riled up about the media. Just before the turn of the new year, two deputies got into a verbal exchange of insults over