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The New Arab Staff

Mohammed al-Fudailat

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The Jordanian government has finished working on a new draft electoral law, abolishing the first-past-the-post vote system, expanding districts and lowering the number of seats in the House of Representatives.

31 August, 2015

National Centre for Human Rights criticises resumption of executions, says complaints of state torture are rising and the government does little to investigate violations.

18 August, 2015

Mehdi Suleiman is demanding that Amman officials arrange for him to visit his son in jail.

18 June, 2015

An Iraqi woman living in poverty in Amman talks about her life, lost hope for her home country and her wish to emigrate to Sweden or Australia.

11 April, 2015

The forgotten village of Liwa Ayy, 20km from Karak, will forever be remembered as the birthplace of Moaz Kassasbeh, the pilot killed by the Islamic State.

04 February, 2015

The Islamic State group may be willing to swap the captured Kasasba for two prisoners on death row in Jordan on terrorism offences. Whether Jordan will negotiate remains to be seen.

26 December, 2014

The downing of a Jordanian plane and its pilot's capture cause Jordanians to question their government's participation in anti-Islamic State coalition.

25 December, 2014

Refugees say they would rather return to Syria than be forced into one of the government's camps.

16 December, 2014

Jihad was active in leftist and Islamist political circles. His death came as a shock to many.

29 October, 2014