Jordan

Daoud Kuttab (Mohammad Ersan\MEE) on the left and Taghreed al-Rishq (DAWN) on the right.  CORRECTION: Previous press release included a wrong image of Taghreed al-Rishq Brussels 11 March 2022 - Jordanian authorities detained journalist Daoud Kuttab on 8 March following a complaint over an article he wrote in 2019, while journalist Taghreed al-Rishq was detained on March 7 over a social media post. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemn their detention and calls for the reform of an outdated cybercrime law that restricts media freedom. Kuttab is a Palestinian writer living in Jordan, where he runs the Community Media Network, Radio al-Balad, and the Amman Net news organisation. Cybercrime police issued an arrest warrant for him following a complaint ...