AMMAN — Jordan improved 8 ranks on a world index of freedoms of the press in 2015, as media experts said more efforts are needed to amend several pieces of legislation to boost media freedoms.
In its 2016 World Press Freedom Index, the Reporters Without Borders said Jordan ranked 135th last year compared to 143rd place a year earlier.
“The advancement in ranking is good news to Jordan. We believe that media freedom is a main factor to the strength of the country and will continue to support media freedoms,” Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani told The …read more
Source: Jordan Times
