Jordanian security forces on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators they blamed for disrupting public services during a protest demanding the release of leaders of the opposition-run teachers union, state media said.
A government source said seven security forces were injured in the protest in the southern city of Karak, with violence breaking out for the first time in an escalating crisis between the authorities and the union that has become a leading source of dissent.
On July 25, the government closed the offices of the 100,000-strong union and suspended its activity for two years, in one of the largest crackdowns on a major dissident group in recent years.
