Comments on: Jordanian Orphanages, the Minister of Social Affairs and the Media

By: Mohanned

Mohanned — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:47:51 +0000

This is AlJezeera's report on the issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDPtDiUZNhU

By: Mohanned

Mohanned — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:47:51 +0000

This is AlJezeera's report on the issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDPtDiUZNhU

By: Omar

Omar — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:47:30 +0000

I know all these events first hand , was watching and saw everything ...

All the information ARIJ and these two brave journalists reported were 100% true , and this is not all , there is much more if you dig...

There are still abuses taking place as we speak , and everything is documented , the thing is that the orphans in the past were too scared to report these abuses, as we all know , under 18 kids have no legal right of any legal action unless their guardian , who is in this case the abuser the criminal , files it or sign on his behalf .
So they stay in the house until they are 18 and then get kicked out. the law does not allow crimes to be reported or filed after a certain period of time which also applies to the case here...

I really never understood the problem of the Ministry , if they are so worried about clearing their names out of this ugly mess , which I totally understand , step aside and report it to the attorney general where such reports will be investigated and the responsible party will be punished...

By: Hareega and HM King Hussein on Orphans « my treasure

Hareega and HM King Hussein on Orphans « my treasure — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:14:47 +0000

[...] young Abeer Muheison, the sole survivor of a place crash into the family home. In light of 7ibers recent post from Daoud Kuttab on the incidence of every form of abuse in some Jordanian orphanages, it may be time for a new [...]

By: Victoria Dickinson

Victoria Dickinson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:03:29 +0000

1/22/10 – USA
Hello. Excellent article, and very, very truthful! What I want every innocent person in the Middle East to KNOW is this about what is going on here in the usa: not only have these exact horrors been happening in ALL of our orphanages since they began and are still continuing, but NOW this is happening in EVERY “family court room” in every “court house” throughout the usa! The abusers and molesters, 99% of the time, being the “fathers” and step-”mothers” who act in the exact capacity as your government and ministries via our “family” court systems against the innocent, excellent, loving biological, protective Mothers. In the usa it is a matter of the perfect collaboration of fraud, corruption, and racketeering between the judges, the attorneys, the forensic psychiatrists/psychologists, and the illegal “guardian ad litems [supposedly the counsel for the child/children = hatchet person for the batterer/molester father].”

By: daoudkuttab

daoudkuttab — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:42:26 +0000

when he sent his original letter to the editor he hid the fact that he is an
employee of the ministry. Our information is that he had been disciplined
and was “encouraged” to defend orphanses, we feel he was again encouraged to
reply. this is a problem that the ministry has yet to publicly reply even
though they have used surrogates to reply for them

By: Mohanned

Mohanned — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:34:14 +0000

Dr. Kuttab,
I read this report by chance..Can you comment?
http://allofjo.net/web/?c=117&a=17397
My thinking is that he was pressured to file the case..Even without reading into it, it is pretty obvious that this is just one of the usual cheap tactics..Shameful..

By: Eyas

Eyas — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:56:11 +0000

I see, that answers my question. Thanks!

By: ordanian Orphanages, the Minister of Social Affairs and the Media « News2you Weblog

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:12 +0000

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By: daoudkuttab

daoudkuttab — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:45:15 +0000

Editors are supposed to check the facts before publishing, he had it for five days and didn't ask for the documents. When the article was published, the minister demanded documents and names, even said in the media that she has asked for all details. When the editor was given a chance to see all the documents he wanted to keep it for two days to put his heart to ease while at the same time refusing to commit in writing not to share with the minister. The aim was not to verify for himself the facts but to share them. The law specifies clearly the issue of protection of sources. The testimonies which were in audio and signed documents were made available to the editor at the last meeting but he didn't even want to hear them, just wanted them kept at his office for a number of days.

By: Eyas

Eyas — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:14:10 +0000

Its not about the anonymity of sources. From alghad's article, they say that the editor in chief is entitled (or its his duty to) verify the sources as well. I never got the impression that alghad was going to publish the sources, but rather verify them.

Still, if ARIJ believe that the issues are very sensitive and sharing them with even alghad will be an invasion of the subjects' privacy, I'd consider that a good justification.

By: bambam

bambam — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:53:40 +0000

Thank you so much Daoud for writing this article and the work everyone is doing in ARIJ, keep up the good work. The article in Al Ghad was great and it shined a light on something no one thinks about much in jordan and the Minister should be ashamed of herself for the way she reacted to and handled the situation. The publication and print law guarantees the right of a journalist to protect his sources and strictly protects him from being barred from publishing or losing his job, does that matter in this case ?

@eyas Dude you just ran over the Media law a gazillian times the past week and now you forgot the part about how the journalist (the people that did the report) are intitled to keep their source anonymous ? it's clear in article 8 (e) of the media law but does that matter ?

By: Eyas

Eyas — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:32:43 +0000

I'm curious though as to why the evidence was refused to be submitted to Alghad and kept overnight? Is it out of concerns that the integrity of such information might be compromised, etc? Alghad's article's phrasing was (obviously) different, implying that alghad cannot be sure if the information is correct and the conclusion is proper. I understand that most probably, this might not be the case, but I still don't understand why refuse to give the records to alghad? Is it considered offensive? Risky? Does it pose a privacy invasion? etc..