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– Jordan blocks access to LGBTQ online magazine (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 13, 2017

"The petty abuse of Jordan's Press and Publications Law to censor the online magazine My.Kali–which was in fact already blocked in Jordan–in response to a Twitter spat underlines the necessity of reforming this law," CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour said from Washington, D.C.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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