The Jordanian state news agency reports that the King of Jordan has approved a bill to punish online speech deemed harmful to national unity.
  • diprount_tomato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    And it surprises me that he passed this law. As far as I remember he was trying to reform the country into a more democratic one

      • diprount_tomato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Ok, so the article says that he’s silencing islamists that started popping up as soon as he liberalised the country

        • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          2 years ago

          Doesn’t sound very democratic to me. The dude is a thug pretending to be a good guy by spreading lies.