Published date: 11 January 2021 13:58 UTC | Last update: 2 months 1 week ago
In the latest round of tensions, Jordanian security forces on Sunday broke up a congregation of angry teachers who had gathered in the capital Amman to protest the forced early retirement of 62 teachers, with union members threatening more action.
Despite tight security and the large contingent of Jordanian police, a big group of teachers managed to gather in the vicinity of the Jordanian parliament. Naser Nawasreh, the deputy head of the teachers’ union, and other teachers were arrested and later released. We will chain ourselves and go voluntarily to prisons from where we will announce the biggest hunger strike for all teachers in Jordan