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Jordan sentences protest leaders of teachers union to prison

| December 31, 2020 6:09 AM

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A court in Jordan on Thursday sentenced five leaders of the national teachers' syndicate to a year in prison over recent protests demanding a salary increase, a lawyer for the teachers said.

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