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• Education Sector (Jordan)

  Jordan arrests 1,000 teachers in crackdown on union

  19 August 2020, by SAFI Michael

  Coronavirus laws used to quash protests after country’s largest independent union suspended
  He spent 17 days on the run, moving surreptitiously, sleeping in different homes. When Sharaf Obeidat saw security forces surrounding his building, he knew it was over. “They’ve arrested me,” he (…)

• Education Sector (Jordan)

  Jordanian anti-riot police beat and arrest protesting teachers

  29 July 2020, by Associated Press

  Jordanian anti-riot police have clashed with protesting teachers in the capital Amman, with several demonstrators being beaten with clubs and arrested.
  AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian anti-riot police clashed with protesting teachers in the capital Amman on Wednesday, with several demonstrators (…)

• Education Sector (Jordan)

  Jordan: Teachers Union Reach Deal to End 1-Month Strike - Many parents in solidarity

  5 October 2019, by Reuters

  AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan’s government said Sunday it has reached a pay deal with the teachers union to end a one-month strike, the country’s longest public sector strike that disrupted schooling for more than 1.5 million students.
  The deal came after the strike threatened a deepening political (…)