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Amendments to provisions of the Law on Press, Printing and Publishing have been referred to the parliament.
The Cabinet in its weekly session chaired by His Royal High- ness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, approved the memorandum presented by the Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative Affairs regarding amending provisions of the Law on Press, Printing and Publishing promulgated by Decree-Law 47 of 2002.
The move is in line with the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa regarding the issuance of a more comprehensive and advanced law for the press and publishing.
Jordan justice bans publishing information on alleged plot
The order came after Hamzah, who has been highly critical of the government, late Monday pledged loyalty to King Abdullah II
“The ban on publication involves all audiovisual media and social networks,” the statement read
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April 06, 2021 07:58
AMMAN: The prosecutor general in Jordan’s capital Amman on Tuesday banned the publication of any information about an alleged plot said to involve the king’s half-brother, Prince Hamzah, state television said.
“In order to keep the security services’ investigation into Prince Hamzah and the others secret, (it is decided) to ban the publication of anything related to this inquiry at this stage,” prosecutor Hassan Al-Abdallat said in a statement.
Dubai: Bahrain has abolished imprisonment of journalists after amending its law on press, printing and publishing, state news agency BNA said.
The Bahraini Cabinet approved amendments to the press, printing and publishing law, scrapping the provision of the law pertaining to jailing journalists.
Besides the abolition of jailing journalists, the new amendments include adding a major section on digital media, regulating websites and the accounts of media institutions in the new amended publishing law.
The amendments included new definitions and terms that keep pace with the development experienced by the media industry.
The new law prohibits calls for national, racial and religious hatred that incites discrimination, hostility, violence or terrorism.