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The teachers facing abuse and torture

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It is our duty as educators, says SecEd editor Pete Henshaw, to stand and support our colleagues across the world who face torture, abuse and even death because they are a teacher.

Last Friday (October 5) was World Teachers’ Day and perhaps you took a moment to reflect on why it is you do what you do. I hope so.

Perhaps the day caused some of us to reflect on the storm of government policy and Ofsted rhetoric that seems to be battering education at the moment.

Perhaps we thought about the unrest in the profession – the industrial action and the severe financial pressures under which we are working.

For thousands of teachers across the world, World Teachers’ Day might have passed in a similar fashion, if it weren’t for the fact that they are imprisoned for holding such views.

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