This year’s Jordan Media Law & Policy Institute will focus on technology and new themes in media regulations. Media professionals have the chance to take part in this program, scheduled to take place from March 22-27 in Amman, Jordan.

Journalists and communicators are invited to two seminars on journalism and law scheduled for December 1 and 6 in Santa Fe.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has condemned a new law in Somaliland which, according to NUSOJ, “undermines internationally accepted standards of freedom of expression.”

NUSOJ has joined appeals made by the Somaliland Journalists Association to block the legislation or amend it. The current draft defines a journalist as anyone who holds a press identification card from the Ministry of Information. The card can be revoked at any time.

The second Arab Free Press Forum, organized by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) in cooperation with Lebanon’s An-Nahar newspaper, is scheduled for December 9 in Beirut.

According to WAN, the event will look at press development across t