alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoKing of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconianapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkKing of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconianapnews.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 months agoAnd 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
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoNothing screams democracy like silencing free speech.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoOk, so the article says that he’s silencing islamists that started popping up as soon as he liberalised the country
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoDoesn’t sound very democratic to me. The dude is a thug pretending to be a good guy by spreading lies.
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
Nothing screams democracy like silencing free speech.
Ok, so the article says that he’s silencing islamists that started popping up as soon as he liberalised the country
Doesn’t sound very democratic to me. The dude is a thug pretending to be a good guy by spreading lies.