Jordan bans first online gay magazine
Tuesday - August 1, 2017 10:04 am ,
Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Amman Aug 1 (IANS) The Jordanian government has banned the country s first online gay magazine citing license violation.
Mohammad Outishat director general of Jordan Media Commission on Monday said the magazine is not licensed and "acts in contrary to article 49 of the Press and Publications Law" reports Xinhua news agency.
Editors of the magazine had negative reactions in the community claiming they had licensed the magazine dealing with gay affairs which turned out to be completely untrue Outishat said.
However the name of the magazine was not revealed.
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