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Welcome to episode 9 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: escalation in Jerusalem over al-Aqsa, the US
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The secretary-general of the Higher Council for Persons with Disabilities said that 11.2% of Jordanians are persons with disabilities. “For a while, Jordan, along with many regional countries, was
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Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ) expressed its solidarity with the journalist Suhair Jaradat. CDFJ said: “We stand with our colleague Suhair Jaradat, that the international reports
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Welcome to episode 8 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: a new report detailing the use of PEGASUS in Jordan
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The Jordanian government has turned to its abusive "Crime Prevention Law" as a new pretext to arrest at least 150 activists, journalists, teachers, former members of parliament, and previously
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A new report from Front Line Defenders, a human rights organisation, revealed that Jordanian activists’ phone have been hacked using the “Pegasus” software created by the Israeli company NSO group
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Prince Hamzah Bin al-Hussein is relinquishing his title of prince, he said in a statement. Prince Hamza, a former heir to the throne, was accused last year of conspiring to destabilize the monarchy in
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Welcome to episode 7 of “This Week in Jordan," a weekly podcast from Amman Net summarizing some of the country's major news. This weeks topics are: King Abdullah's recent meetings with leaders from
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Translate by Zach Bampton 2011 was a turning point in the history of political reform in Jordan. That year, the National Dialogue committee was formed with the president of the Jordanian Senate, Maher
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The building of the Higher Council for the Disabled was lit up in blue Friday night in celebration of the Day of Autism and the launch of an awareness raising campaign. Director General of the Council