Since Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994,there has been growing tension between the Jordanian government and the independent press,particularly the kingdom's small-circulation weekly

Freedom of expression and press freedom are essential conditions for the conduct of free and fair elections. But in the pre-election period,Jordanian authorities have used the laws in force,and other

This 6-page report details the arbitrary manner,with no clear basis in law,in which Jordan deprives its citizens who were originally from the West Bank of their nationality,thereby denying them basic