Jordan has sentenced journalist Hiba Abu Taha to one year in prison for violating the country’s cybercrime laws, the Centre for the Protection and Freedom of Journalists (CPFJ) announced on Tuesday. According to The New Arab’s Arabic language sister publication, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the centre has raised deep concerns about the decision to imprison her and called for the charges to be dropped and freedom of speech to be respected. Abu Taha was sentenced to prison over an article she wrote on the kingdom’s apparent role in protecting Israel, where she focused on Jordanian forces downing Iranian …