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Expression and association remain tightly circumscribed in law and practice, and security services enjoy a large degree of impunity for arbitrary arrests and torture, as do employers for widespread abuses against migrant domestic workers. Fighting corruption became a major popular demand in 2011, but court cases smacked of politicization.</p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-1 pane-taxonomy-feature-page"> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_1 view-taxonomy-feature-page view-dom-id-4"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/30/jordan-end-protester-trials-state-security-courts"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100727im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-300x200/media/images/photographs/Jordan1Web.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-300x200 imagecache-default imagecache-crop-300x200_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-image-caption-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-copyright-value"> <span class="field-content">© 2011 Human Rights Watch</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/30/jordan-end-protester-trials-state-security-courts">Jordan: End Protester Trials in State Security Courts</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Jordanian authorities should stop using state security courts to try civilians, including for participating in peaceful protests. Protests have intensified following an announcement by the government on November 14, 2012, that it would end fuel subsidies.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="attachment attachment-before"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-attachment_1 view-dom-id-2"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/30/jordan-end-protester-trials-state-security-courts">Jordan: End Protester Trials in State Security Courts</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 30, 2012</span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a 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class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/30/jordan-end-protester-trials-state-security-courts">Jordan: End Protester Trials in State Security Courts</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 30, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Jordanian authorities should stop using state security courts to try civilians, including for participating in peaceful protests. Protests have intensified following an announcement by the government on November 14, 2012, that it would end fuel subsidies.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/14/iraqturkey-open-borders-all-syrian-refugees-0">Iraq/Turkey: Open Borders to All Syrian Refugees</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 14, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Iraqi and Turkish authorities should immediately re-open border crossings where more than 10,000 Syrians have been stranded for weeks and allow all those wishing to seek asylum to cross without delay.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/14/jordan-arrest-wave-signals-growing-intolerance-dissent">Jordan: Arrest Wave Signals Growing Intolerance for Dissent</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 13, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The arrest by security forces of well over a dozen peaceful reform activists since September 7, 2012, signals the government’s toughening stand toward demands for political reform in the kingdom. The authorities should release all of those detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights to expression, association, and assembly.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/10/jordan-move-censor-online-expression">Jordan: A Move to Censor Online Expression</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 10, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A proposed law requiring electronic publications to obtain a license and granting executive authorities the power to close down unlicensed sites threatens freedom of expression online. The government on August 22, 2012, sent the draft amendments to the Press and Publications law to parliament for approval.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/29/syria-neighbors-keep-borders-open-refugees">Syria Neighbors: Keep Borders Open for Refugees</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon have mostly opened their borders to more than 200,000 refugees from neighboring Syria, but in the past week some officials in these countries have said they are reaching their limit and may soon close their borders.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/01/jordan-government-clamps-down-civil-society">Jordan: Government Clamps Down on Civil Society</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 31, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Jordan’s government is violating the right to freedom of association by denying, without explanation, a civil society organization permission to accept foreign funding.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/07/20/letter-jordanian-prime-minister-al-tarawneh-regarding-ngo-funding">Letter to Jordanian Prime Minister al-Tarawneh Regarding NGO Funding</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 19, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch is writing to express our deep concerns regarding the cabinet’s recent rejection of foreign funding to a Jordanian nongovernmental organization (NGO).</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/07/04/jordan-bias-syrian-border">Jordan: Bias at the Syrian Border</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 4, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Jordanian authorities have forcibly returned some newly arriving Palestinians from Syria and threatened others with deportation, Human Rights Watch said today. Since April 2012, the authorities have also arbitrarily detained Palestinians fleeing Syria in a refugee holding center without any options for release other than return to Syria.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/27/syria-end-indiscriminate-shootings-civilians-fleeing-country">Syria: End Indiscriminate Shootings of Civilians Fleeing Country</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Syrian soldiers on the border with Jordan appear to be shooting indiscriminately at anyone - including civilian women and children - trying to flee from Syria.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/18/ebrd-use-expansion-promote-rights">EBRD: Use Expansion to Promote Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 18, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) should articulate concrete human rights benchmarks for Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia as it expands its operations into the Middle East and North Africa.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/229">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100727/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100727/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100727/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130126100727/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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