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schema:articleBody	Jordan has resorted to extraordinary measures to limit media coverage of its closure of the opposition-led teachers' union, reflecting a wider "slide into repression", Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Authorities closed the Teachers' Syndicate and arrested its leaders on July 25 after it led a campaign for higher pay in the deeply indebted kingdom whose economy is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Sweeping gag orders issued by the courts against publication of details of the ban have also been used by the security services to stop coverage of the resulting protests, HRW said. "The authorities have arrested at least two journalists in relation to their coverage of ongoing teachers' protests, and two were beaten by security forces while attempting to cover protests," it said. HRW said it had interviewed eight local and foreign journalists operating in Jordan. "All said that over the past few years, they have experienced increased restrictions on their reporting in the form of gag orders, harassment by security forces, and withholding of permits to report." Journalist and women's rights activist Rana al-Husseini told HRW she found herself self-censoring repeatedly to avoid falling foul of the crackdown. "We cannot talk, we cannot address issues that matter to the public," she complained. "They should allow us to operate freely or everything will sound like it is coming out of a government mouthpiece." HRW's deputy Middle East director Michael Page said the ban on coverage of the teacher protests was "only the latest in a series of restrictions on press freedoms in the country". "Jordan's shrinking space for journalists to operate reflects the country's slide into repression," he said. bur/kir/fz
schema:headline	Jordan gag on teachers' dispute signals rising 'repression': HRW
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