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| Region | Jordan |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Feb 1, 1960 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Jordan, the government's Media Commission has used court orders to prohibit distribution of books that "violate public norms and values", which includes those that promote homosexuality citing Article 37 of the Press and Publication Law in 1998, which prohibits the publication of content that "encourages perversion or leads to moral corruption". Additionally, the 1960 Penal Code criminalises “men who disguise themselves as women” entering women’s spaces with imprisonment, criminalising the gender expression of trans women and cross dressers. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20171023132512/https://al-bab.com/albab-orig/albab/arab/docs/jordan/press-and-publications-law-1998.htm https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/11245 https://alp.unescwa.org/legislations/law-16-1960-penal-code http://legal.pipa.ps/files/server/ENG%20Panel%20Law%20No_%20(16)%20of%201960.pdf |
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| Start Date | Sep 1, 1998 | Feb 1, 1960 |
| Description | In Jordan, the government's Media Commission has used court orders to prohibit distribution of books that "violate public norms and values", which includes those that promote homosexuality citing Article 37 of the Press and Publication Law in 1998, which prohibits the publication of content that "encourages perversion or leads to moral corruption". | In Jordan, the government's Media Commission has used court orders to prohibit distribution of books that "violate public norms and values", which includes those that promote homosexuality citing Article 37 of the Press and Publication Law in 1998, which prohibits the publication of content that "encourages perversion or leads to moral corruption". Additionally, the 1960 Penal Code criminalises “men who disguise themselves as women” entering women’s spaces with imprisonment, criminalising the gender expression of trans women and cross dressers. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20171023132512/https://al-bab.com/albab-orig/albab/arab/docs/jordan/press-and-publications-law-1998.htm https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/11245 | https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20171023132512/https://al-bab.com/albab-orig/albab/arab/docs/jordan/press-and-publications-law-1998.htm https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/11245 https://alp.unescwa.org/legislations/law-16-1960-penal-code http://legal.pipa.ps/files/server/ENG%20Panel%20Law%20No_%20(16)%20of%201960.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding more information.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Description | In Jordan, the government's Media Commission has used court orders to prohibit distribution of books that "violate public norms and values", which includes those that promote homosexuality. | In Jordan, the government's Media Commission has used court orders to prohibit distribution of books that "violate public norms and values", which includes those that promote homosexuality citing Article 37 of the Press and Publication Law in 1998, which prohibits the publication of content that "encourages perversion or leads to moral corruption". |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf | https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20171023132512/https://al-bab.com/albab-orig/albab/arab/docs/jordan/press-and-publications-law-1998.htm https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/11245 |
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| Value | Other punishment | Imprisonment as punishment |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "taking note of the description, i think it should be set to "state-enforced""
- Sources are invalid or broken
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| Description | In Jordan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | In Jordan, the government's Media Commission has used court orders to prohibit distribution of books that "violate public norms and values", which includes those that promote homosexuality. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf | |
| Original entry | |
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| Status | No censorship |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Jordan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (3)
- Status is not correct "d. The government’s Media Commission regulates the publishing and distribution of all books and media. If the Media Commission deems those passages “violate public norms and values, are religiously offensive, or are insulting” to the king, it can request a court order to prohibit the distribution of the book. During the year, the commission banned distribution of 55 books for insulting religion as well as displaying pornographic images and promoting homosexuality. Which mean they censor everything related to the LGBT
the source
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JORDAN-2019-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf
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- Status is not correct "Jordan banned a Lebanese band from performing in Jordan because the main singer is out gay also banned the only Jordanian online lgbt+ magazine in Jordan. google both Mashrou' leila and Mykali
banning in Jordan"
- Status is not correct "Jordan has been banning every book and movie talk about homosexuality and LGBT+ starting from the danish girl to the call me by youname and the list is very long "