Alleged assault on Roya News condemned

By JT - Oct 04,2019 - Last updated at Oct 04,2019

AMMAN — The Centre for Defending the Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ) on Thursday voiced its dismay at the alleged assault on Roya News while it covered a Jordan Teachers Association (JTA) event earlier that day.

CDFJ CEO Nidal Mansour said: “We know the assault on Roya News does not reflect the position of the JTA,” noting that the syndicate “clearly condemned the incident as an individual act that does not represent it”, according to a CDFJ statement.

Mansour called on the JTA council to raise awareness among its members of the importance of allowing media institutions to cover events “fairly and objectively”, regardless of their views.

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