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TEACHERS staged a silent protest yesterday demanding the immediate release of a trade union leader on the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment in Bahrain.
Bahrain Teachers Association (BTA) president Mahdi Abu Dheeb was arrested in 2011 and allegedly tortured before being sentenced to 10 years in jail for trade union organisation and for calling for quality education for all during the 2011 Arab Spring.
BTA vice-president Jalila al-Salman and Amnesty’s Shane Enright joined delegates at NASUWT conference to call for Mr Dheeb’s release.
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK