Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Jordan arrests journalist for reporting about COVID-19 vaccine

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Jamal Haddad, editor of the news website Al-Wakaai, was arrested on December 24, on the orders of the state security court prosecutor, for his report claiming that Jordan had received a supply of COVID-19 vaccines and that some senior officials had been vaccinated. The journalist has been accused of “endangering public security and causing sedition and public disorder”.

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