Shutting Out the Critics

Restrictive Laws Used to Repress Civil Society in Jordan

Executive Summary

Right to Assembly

The Law on Public Gatherings

Public Meetings

Demonstrations

Right to Association

The Association Law...

Registration, Temporary Administration, Dissolution..

Supervision..

Funding..

Foreign NGOs and foreign aid..

The Law of Non-profit Companies

Non-Profit organizations

General Union of Voluntary Societies

Islamic Center Society

The Roles of the US and the EU

Recommendations

Acknowledgements